- Country: Germany
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Release: 1999-01-14
- Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
- Writers: Hans-Christian Schmid , Michael Gutmann , Michael Dierking
- Language: German | English | Russian
- Stars: August Diehl , Fabian Busch , Dieter Landuris , Jan-Gregor Kremp , Stephan Kampwirth , Zbigniew Zamachowski , Peter Fitz , Burghart Klaußner , Lilly Marie Tschörtner , Patrick Joswig
- Runtime: 99 min
- Awards: 7 wins & 4 nominations
- AKA: 23 (United States of America) , 23: Nada é o Que Parece (Brazil) , 23 (United Kingdom) , 23 , 23 (Argentina) , 23 (Spain) , 23 (France, French Republic) , 23 (Greece) , 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint , 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint (Germany) , Nada es lo que parece , 23 (Philippines) , 23 (Russian Federation) , 23(ドイツ映画) (Japan) , 23 (Poland)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0126765
23 Cast · · · ALL
Hans-Christian Schmid
Director
August Diehl
Karl Koch
Fabian Busch
David
Dieter Landuris
Pepe
Jan-Gregor Kremp
Lupo
Burghart Klaußner
Weber
Stephan Kampwirth
Jochen Maiwald
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Sergej
Peter Fitz
Brückner
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
Beate
Arnulf Schumacher
Seybert
Patrick Joswig
Alex
Sven Lehmann
Computerverkäufer
Regine Zimmermann
Pepes Freundin
Armin Dillenberger
Kellner im Zug
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Mr. Minit
Brigitte Janner
Sekretärin
Hedi Kriegeskotte
Heimleiterin
Hanns Zischler
Karls Vater
Katrin Klein
Sekretärin
Karin Gregorek
Karls Stiefmutter
Robert Anton Wilson
Er selbst
Josef Tratnik
Nachrichten (voice)
Dietrich Brüggemann
Bit
Muammar Gaddafi
Self (archive footage)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Self (archive footage)