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Subtlety certainly isn't a priority for Reclaim Your Brain, whose sentimental sappiness creates an uncomfortable fusion between the trendy and the sweet.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Overview
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Director and cast
- Hans Weingartner Director
- Moritz Bleibtreu as Rainer
- Elsa Sophie Gambard as Pegah
- Gregor Bloéb as Maiwald
- Milan Peschel as Philipp
- Simone Hanselmann as Anna
- Franziska Knuppe as Maiwalds Freundin
- Thorsten Feller as Kreativling
- Vinzenz Kiefer as Junger Mann - Titanic Show
- Us Conradi as Frau Arnim
- Tom Jahn as Bernd
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