Feb 19, 2008
95 min
Full-HD

Heat Wave (2008)

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.

Category

Drama Thriller TV Movie

Country

Germany

Companies

Janus Filmproduktion GmbH Sat.1

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

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