

When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.
Practical Effects
Charming low-budget pyrotechnics that aged like warm sauerkraut.
Acting
Heiner Lauterbach's mustache does 80% of the dramatic heavy lifting.

Director
Uwe Janson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Laacher See is a real supervolcano that could devastate Europe, making this Germany's answer to Yellowstone anxiety—except with 3% of the budget.
The 180-minute runtime was split into two parts for German television, forcing viewers to endure a cliffhanger where someone dramatically sips coffee.