23(Movie, 1998)

Name: 23
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1998
Duration: T01:39:00
Rating: 3.4

1h 39min | Genres: Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 73 votes)

23, original German title: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint ("Nothing is what it seems") is a 1998 German drama thriller film about young hacker Karl Koch, who died on 23 May 1989, a presumed suicide. It was directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, who also participated in screenwriting. The title derives from the protagonist's obsession with the number 23, a phenomenon often described as apophenia. Although the film was well received by critics and audiences, its accuracy has been vocally disputed by several witnesses to the real-life events on which it was based. Schmid subsequently co-authored a book that tells the story of the making of 23 and also details the differences between the movie and the actual main events. ()

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About 23

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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Trailer for 23 + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint ≣ 1998 ≣ Trailer(Trailer, 1:47)

23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint ≣ 1998 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE) | 23 - Nichts ist so, wie es scheint (1998) Trailer, deutsch (Trailer, DE) | 23- Nichts ist so wie es scheint Die Gedanken Sind Frei -23 (Clip, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Shot in: Germany, Cologne

Plays in: Germany

Made by: Claussen + Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), Russian (RU)

Translated into 10 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/14/1999 (World premiere: 07/02/1998)

Cast: August Diehl, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Burghart Klaußner, Fabian Busch, Stephan Kampwirth, Dieter Landuris, Jan Gregor Kremp

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid

Producer: Jakob Claussen, Thomas Wöbke

Screenwriter: Michael Gutmann, Hans-Christian Schmid

Film Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich

Director of Photography: Klaus Eichhammer

Composer: Enjott Schneider

Costume designer: Peri de Bragança

Make-up Artist: Stephanie Hilke

Production Designer: Ingrid Henn

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"23 - Nichts ist wie es scheint"

"23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint"

"23, Nada es lo que parece"

"23 – Nothing is as it Seems"

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

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23(Movie, 1998)

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