When Germany is hit by a drought, the Ruhr area is threatened with the collapse of drinking water. Meteorologist Martina Fechner is appointed head of the crisis team, but has to recognize that her colleagues see the crisis as an opportunity for their own career. When even highly toxic germs are discovered in a reservoir, the region is also threatened by a plague.
Production
That 2008 German TV movie aesthetic hits different—crispy and urgent.
Director
Gregor Schnitzler
Susanna Simon
Martina Fechner
Johannes Brandrup
Dirk Berger
Birge Schade
Sabine Hoffmann
Jochen Nickel
Gunther Kuhn
Hubertus Hartmann
Wolfgang Zander
Martin Lindow
Georg Breitenbach
Guido Broscheit
Jürgen
Rolf Kanies
Ministerpräsident Julius Schäfer
Greta Galisch de Palma
Sybille
Arved Birnbaum
Kowalke
Stephan Szasz
Arne Berger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ruhr water crisis reflects real German infrastructure anxieties—this aired when aging pipelines were national news.
Susanna Simon reportedly took the role because she wanted to play a scientist who actually does science, not just look worried.
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