Billions Mike is billed as a “humorous and twist-filled psychological profile” of Peter ‘Mike’ Wappler, Germany’s most infamous and flamboyant con artist. The film follows his first year of freedom from prison and his preparation for his latest scam. Anyone who listens to Mike Wappler sometimes almost forgets that they are listening to a calculating and extremely skilled impostor whose talent lies precisely in making lies and assertions appear as truth. We take advantage of this. The common thread is Mike’s own narrative– the viewer is always faced with the question: do they believe Mike or are they falling for his tricks? The multi-layered crime
Comedy is close on the heels of this seemingly charming senior gangster, while he tries to set up a life after prison in Mallorca and Dubai.
Written and directed by
Ina Kessebohm
Christopher Kaufmann (Fictional Parts)
Editing
Fabian Teichmann
Director of Photography
Matthias Bolliger
Christoph Rohrscheidt
Felix Striegel
Leon Daniel
Max Schlehuber
Dino von Wintersdorff
Music
Paul Timmich
Dorian Behner
Mixing
Pierre Brandt
Archive Producer
Thembi Linn Hahn
Florian Tropp
Post Production
Alexander Steyer
Production Manager
Jana Bolze
Ron P. Glavas
Marcel Rechten
Producer
Anne Breer
Nele Thumser
Executive Producer
Nadine Neumann
Produced by
Reinhardt Beetz
Commissioning Editors Amazon Prime Video
Jonathan Schöller
Andreas Hartmann
