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Residual Risk (2011)

Original title: Restrisiko

2011-01-18 · DE
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Nuclear security expert Katja Wernecke (Ulrike Folkerts) helps cover up a fire in the German nuclear reactor she works in, before the government takes a decision on extending the usage license for it. But the press uncovers it. PR man Steffen Stratmann (Matthias Koerbelin) is brought in to improve the companies image - but before he can implement his plan a nuclear meltdown occurs. 2m people have to be evacuated. Wernecke re-enters the hot zone to investigate the cause...

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Urs EggerDirector

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Ulrike FolkertsUlrike FolkertsKatja WerneckeThomas SarbacherThomas SarbacherGerald WerneckeMatthias KoeberlinMatthias KoeberlinSteffen StrathmannGerhard GarbersGerhard GarbersBernd MahlsdorfKai WiesingerKai WiesingerWerksleiter WesselFranziska WeiszFranziska WeiszElke KrügerHelmut ZhubeHelmut ZhubeJohn JohannsonHille BeseleHille BeseleNora HaugMichael MoritzMichael MoritzClaus HansenHeike Hanold-LynchHeike Hanold-LynchSprecherinBabett ArensBabett ArensPaul MaticPaul MaticReaktorfahrer

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Nuclear security expert Katja Wernecke (Ulrike Folkerts) helps cover up a fire in the German nuclear reactor she works in, before the government takes a decision on extending the usage license for it. But the press uncovers it. PR man Steffen Stratmann (Matthias Koerbelin) is brought in to improve the companies image - but before he can implement his plan a nuclear meltdown occurs. 2m people have to be evacuated. Wernecke re-enters the hot zone to investigate the cause...