Planet der Kannibalen

Nov 17 2001 N/A 1h 31m
Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A television reporter searches for alien life forms and gets entangeled in a web of intrigue.

Plot

In 2020, Germany is a police state. Two rival TV companies, Alphaplus and Eurolux, are battling each other in the ratings. The Government announces that shortly only one of them will be allowed to continue, so each station will do almost anything to beat the other. Eurolux's most popular show is "Cannibal Talk" in which a Hannibal Lecter-like serial killer gives advice to phone in viewers. Emma Trost works for Alphaplus and her boss Professor Dr. Best tells her that he has information that aliens not only exist, but live among humans unnoticed. He asks her to track them down so that Alphaplus can find a sure fire way of winning the ratings war. Before Emma can get over the shock of this request Best is assassinated and she is framed for his murder. On the run, she must try and clear here name, and increasingly believes that contacting the aliens is her only hope.

Written by

Hans-Christoph Blumenberg

Directed by

Hans-Christoph Blumenberg

Production Countries

Germany

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
183
Average Rating
5.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA