Director & Script: Klaus Stern
Photography: Harald Schmuck, Frank Reimann, Markus Zuckermann
Editor: Rike Anders
Music: Michael Kadelbach
With: Tan Siekmann, Stefan Schraps, Andre Hoppe, Frank Lehmann, Fritz Westhelle, Roland Koch, Marco Grosche, Tanja Lux et al
Producer: Klaus Stern
Commissioning Editor ZDF/ Das kleine Fernsehspiel: Christian Cloos
Production: Stern Film for ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Selected Filmography Klaus Stern: Andreas Baader – Der Staatsfeind, 2002; Unschuldig – schuldig? Die Geschichte des Peter Pompetzki, 2001; Der Austausch – Die vergessene Entführung des Peter Lorenz, 2000.
At the height of the stock market boom, Tan Siekmann joined the circle of billionaires for a brief spell – at least on paper. A short time later, his star faded and his company Biodata went bankrupt. In exemplary fashion, Klaus Stern traces the collapse of the dotcom boom based on the biggest stock market hope of the New Economy. At the same time, he presents a compelling portrait of a King Midas without revocation, of a man who has no choice but to keep getting up again.