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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   3,132 votes
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Writers:
Michael Dierking (co-writer)
Michael Gutmann (writer)
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Release Date:
14 January 1999 (Germany) more
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Tagline:
Nichts ist so wie es scheint. more
Plot:
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany... more | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
I felt 15 years younger more (22 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
August Diehl ... Karl Koch
Fabian Busch ... David
Dieter Landuris ... Pepe
Jan Gregor Kremp ... Lupo
Stephan Kampwirth ... Jochen Maiwald
Zbigniew Zamachowski ... Sergej
Peter Fitz ... Brückner
Burghart Klaußner ... Weber (as Burghart Klaussner)
Lilly Marie Tschörtner ... Beate (as Lilly Tschörtner)
Patrick Joswig ... Alex
Arnulf Schumacher ... Seybert
Sven Lehmann ... Computerverkäufer / Computer Sales Agent
Oscar Ortega Sánchez ... Mr. Minit
Brigitte Janner ... Sekretärin / Secretary
Katrin Klein ... Sekretärin / Secretary
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint (Germany)
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Runtime:
99 min | Argentina:100 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Trivia:
The other side of the story (the hunter's) is told in the movie The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990) (TV) more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Karl Koch collapses right after the Chernobyl accident (April 1986). On what seems to be the next morning in the movie, "Glücksrad" is on the TV in the hospital. The show started on German TV no sooner than 7 November 1988. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lichter (2003) more
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14 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
I felt 15 years younger, 6 December 1999
10/10
Author: ex libris from Vienna

I watched this movie because some articles made me curious ... the film is very thrilling and full of sophisticated humor. i felt 15 years younger, it was like leafing through a diary. I was born in 1964 so the time of Karl Koch's youth was the time of my youth, too. I have, however, never been a hacker. I think it was the first scene: Karl Koch takes his key and walks to his car, "accompanied" by "Child In Time". From that beginning I was in the film and I loved it. I also love "mathematic tricks" and "mathematic obsessions", just like Karl Koch. If the Americans would have made this film there would have been a love story and maybe also a happy-end. 23 is a great European film.

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