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
Yvonne Catterfeld
Daniela Eisenach
Katharina Wackernagel
Andrea Matting
Matthias Koeberlin
Michael Gernau
Heiner Lauterbach
Gerhardt Maug
Pasquale Aleardi
Phil Friedrichs
Peter Benedict
Prof. Dominic Merkt
Antonia Bergman
TV-Reporterin
Jenny Elvers
Yvonne
Sonja Gerhardt
Paula Maug
Sheri Hagen
Martina Albers
Xaver Hutter
Russi
Ursula Karven
Renate Maug
Jochen Kolenda
Dieter Gernau
Tom Lass
Lupo
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.
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