# The Billion Dollar Code (2021)

> Two former collaborators from 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker, reunite years later to take on Google over a patent they invented.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/110108

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 4
- Episode runtime: 66 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Robert Thalheim, Oliver Ziegenbalg
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Marius Ahrendt, Mark Waschke, Mišel Matičević, Lavinia Wilson, Seumas F. Sargent, Elias Krischke, Tulián Aczél
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15392100/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Tone: sober, tense, earnest, determined

## What critics say

Audiences rate the miniseries positively for its gripping true-story legal and technological drama.

## Synopsis

The Billion Dollar Code (2021) is a German television legal drama miniseries created by Robert Thalheim and Oliver Ziegenbalg for Netflix. Across four episodes, the story follows Carsten Schlüter, played by Mark Waschke, and Juri Müller, played by Mišel Matičević, a pair who as young men (played by Leonard Scheicher and Marius Ahrendt) invented a new way of seeing the world in 1990s Berlin. Years later they reunite, and the engine of the series is their attempt to sue Google for patent infringement over that invention, a fight that means courtrooms, lawyers, and sifting through the cost of a decade-old idea. Lavinia Wilson plays Lea Hauswirth, adding a further principal thread to the drama. The episodes alternate between the young friends in the divided city and the adults pursuing the case, a structure that gives the legal battle emotional weight. The tone is sober, intelligent, and quietly determined, with a focus on friendship, ownership of ideas, and the price of standing up to a corporate giant. Its cybersecurity and hacker texture sets it apart from ordinary courtroom fare. Fans of The Social Network, Mr. Robot, and Dark will find resonance in its blend of tech subject matter, institutional conflict, and character-driven legal stakes in a German prestige limited series.

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