23 (1998)

23 | Germany

The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.

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Writers

Hans-Christian Schmid

Stars

Fabian Busch
David

August Diehl
Karl Koch

Dieter Landuris
Pepe

Jan-Gregor Kremp
Lupo

Zbigniew Zamachowski
Sergej

Stephan Kampwirth
Jochen Maiwald

Peter Fitz
Brückner

Burghart Klaußner
Weber

Lilly Marie Tschörtner
Beate

Arnulf Schumacher
Seybert

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Keywords

best friend, spy, cold war, based on true story, delusion, cocaine, computer, hacker, hospital, psychology, court case, kgb, german democratic republic, conspiracy theory, hannover

Production

Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion

Actor

Fabian Busch, August Diehl, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Stephan Kampwirth, Peter Fitz, Burghart Klaußner, Lilly Marie Tschörtner, Arnulf Schumacher, Patrick Joswig, Sven Lehmann, Regine Zimmermann, Armin Dillenberger, Oscar Ortega Sánchez, Brigitte Janner, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Alexandra Hartmann, Claudia Boneberg, Hanns Zischler, Katrin Klein, Karin Gregorek, Tom Keidel, Jörg Schmitz, Christian Wolff, Johann Claussen, Jan-Gregor Kampwirth, Nina Bühler, Katja Klauss, Robert Anton Wilson, Tirzah Haase, Beate Himmerlstoss, Josef Tratnik, Peter Veith, Jessica Lohmann, Anna-Maija Tuuliainen, Igor Davidovski, Dietrich Brüggemann, Muammar Gaddafi, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, George Shultz, Richard von Weizsäcker, Olof Palme

Creators

Ingrid Henn (Production Design), Jakob Claussen (Producer), Thomas Wöbke (Producer), Ulrike Putz (Executive Producer), Hansjörg Weißbrich (Editor), Hans-Christian Schmid (Screenplay), Nessie Nesslauer (Casting), Peri de Bragança (Costume Design), Enjott Schneider (Original Music Composer), Klaus Eichhammer (Director of Photography)

Alternative titles

23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint (DE)
23 Nada es lo que parece (ES)
23 - Nothing is as it Seems (US)

Release dates

14.01.1999 (US)
02.07.1998 (DE)
07.07.1999 (FR)