Planet der Kannibalen (2001)

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Country: Germany
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Release: 2001-11-17
Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Writers: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Language: German
Stars: Minh-Khai Phan-Thi , Florian Lukas , Vadim Glowna , Barbara Auer , Heikko Deutschmann , Nina Petri , Matthias Fuchs , Peter Fitz , Udo Schenk , Lutz Herkenrath
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: 2 nominations
AKA: La planète des cannibales (France, French Republic) , Planet of the Cannibals (Australia) , Planet der Kannibalen (Germany) , Planet der Kannibalen
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.
IMDB:tt0295522