''Das Phantom'' (''The Phantom'') is a 2000 German thriller TV movie directed by

Dennis Gansel Dennis Gansel (born 4 October 1973) is a German film director, writer and actor . Life and career Gansel was born in 1973 in Hannover, West Germany, where he graduated from high school in 1993. Gansel worked in the festivals for film and televis ...

. It is based on the book ''Das RAF-Phantom'' and stars

Jürgen Vogel Jürgen Peter Vogel (; born 29 April 1968, in Hamburg) is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer. One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in '' Little Sharks''.Jürgen ...

Plot

Policeman Leon Kramer (Vogel) and his partner Pit (Sözer) are observing two people in a car. When Leon goes to fetch some coffee, the two people in the car and Pit are killed. Suspicion is placed on Leon and, when his boss is also killed shortly thereafter, he becomes a fugitive. He learns that one of the two people he observed is an ex-

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terrorist and the other is his former lawyer. A friend of the lawyer (Berricke) contacts Leon and gives him information about the RAF. The father of the dead terrorist also provides information. Leon learns that there may be a conspiracy among important people in the government using terrorist groups for their own purposes. Now they are after him.

Cast

as Leo Kramer *

Nadeshda Brennicke Nadeshda Brennicke (born 21 April 1973 in Freiburg im Breisgau; also known as ''Nadja Therésa Brennicke'') is a German actress, singer and author. Biography Brennicke is the adoptive daughter of TV and voice-over actor Michael Brennicke and he ...

as Anne *

Mathias Herrmann Mathias Herrmann (born 16 July 1962 in Friedberg, West Germany) is a German television actor. He studied acting from 1983–86 at the rewarded Otto-Falckenberg-School in Munich. Parallel to his studies he already played at the Munich Kammerspiele. ...

as Commissioner Faber * Hilmi Sözer as Pit *

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as Philipp Böhn * Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Baré * Lukas Miko as Andreas Ganz *

Ulrich Pleitgen Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of ...

as Dr. Hausmann * Thomas Holtzmann as Hans *

Carola Regnier Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol. People named Carola include: Acting *Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress *Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actress ...

as Sabine Ganz *

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as Monica Hausmann * Heinrich Giskes as Paul Dussous *Hans-Jürgen Schmiebusch as Minister

References

2000 television films 2000 films Films directed by Dennis Gansel German thriller television films 2000s German-language films Grimme-Preis for fiction winners ProSieben original programming {{Germany-tv-film-stub