23

23

99 mins | Drama, Thriller | July 2, 1998

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.

23

99 mins | Drama, Thriller | July 2, 1998

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Original title 23
Directors Hans-Christian Schmid
Writers Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast

August Diehl

as Karl Koch

Fabian Busch

as David

Dieter Landuris

as Pepe

Stephan Kampwirth

as Jochen Maiwald

Peter Fitz

as Brückner

Arnulf Schumacher

as Seybert

Patrick Joswig

as Alex

Sven Lehmann

as Computerverkäufer

Regine Zimmermann

as Pepes Freundin

Armin Dillenberger

as Kellner im Zug

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

as Mr. Minit

Brigitte Janner

as Sekretärin

Hedi Kriegeskotte

as Heimleiterin

Alexandra Hartmann

as Prostituierte

Claudia Boneberg

as Prostituierte

Hanns Zischler

as Karls Vater

Katrin Klein

as Sekretärin

Karin Gregorek

as Karls Stiefmutter

Tom Keidel

as Conan

Jörg Schmitz

as Kugelfisch

Christian Wolff

as Scarabaeus

Johann Claussen

as Pfarrer

Jan-Gregor Kampwirth

as Partygast

Nina Bühler

as Alex’ Freundin

Katja Klauss

as Alex’ Freundin

Robert Anton Wilson

as Er selbst

Tirzah Haase

as Nachrichten (voice)

Beate Himmerlstoss

as Nachrichten (voice)

Josef Tratnik

as Nachrichten (voice)

Peter Veith

as Nachrichten (voice)

Jessica Lohmann

as Nachrichten (voice)

Anna-Maija Tuuliainen

as Nachrichten (voice)

Igor Davidovski

as Nachrichten (voice)

Muammar Gaddafi

as Self (archive footage)

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

as Self (archive footage)

George Shultz

as Self (archive footage)

Richard von Weizsäcker

as Self (archive footage)