Operation Rubicon (film)

This article covers the movie. For the secret service operation of the same name, see Operation Rubikon , for the novel of the same name, Operation Rubikon (novel) .

Movie
Original title	Operation Rubicon
Country of production	Germany
Publishing year	2002
length	200 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Thomas Berger
script	Andreas Pflüger
production	Jürgen Haase , Dirk Scharrer
camera	Torsten Breuer
occupation
Richard Wolf: Hilmar Thate Sophie Wolf: Maria Schrader Vandreyke: Martin Feifel Grimm: Heikko Deutschmann Langheinrich: Christian Redl Krupka: Jörg Schüttauf Pieper: Justus von Dohnany Thom: Karl Kranzowski

Operation Rubikon is a German, two-part TV political thriller by Thomas Berger from 2002. The screenplay was written by Andreas Pflüger . The film was produced by Jürgen Haase of PROVOBIS Film GmbH in coproduction with filmtime entertainment on behalf of ProSieben . The first broadcasts of the two parts took place on May 22 and 23, 2002 on ProSieben.

action

The young public prosecutor Sophie Wolf ( Maria Schrader ) is entrusted with a case of illegal arms delivery and works with the BKA . Richard Wolf ( Hilmar Thate ), BKA President, is her father. In the course of the investigation, their relationship will be subjected to a tough test. A special unit with young BKA investigators is formed to find out the secret of the arms delivery. A gigantic plot that extends into the government is uncovered.

background

The film is based on the eponymous Operation Rubikon , a secret operation by the West German Federal Intelligence Service and the CIA , which dealt with the telecommunications investigation of encrypted government communications in other countries.

The novel of the same name by Andreas Pflüger was published by Herbig Verlag in 2004 based on the scripts . For film and books, the author took advice from the former head of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Hans-Ludwig Zachert , among others .

Awards

Hilmar Thate and Martin Feifel were nominated for the German Television Award for Best Actor in 2002 for their performances .

Web links

• Operation Rubicon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Operation Rubikon at Crew United
• Operation Rubikon at fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Operation Rubicon . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 868 DVD).
2. ^ The German TV Prize: Nominees 2002. In: German TV Prize 2020. Accessed on February 19, 2020 .