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1998 film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
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6.8The 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.
Cast
- August Diehl as Karl Koch
- Fabian Busch as David
- Dieter Landuris as Pepe
- Jan-Gregor Kremp as Lupo
- Burghart Klaußner as Weber
- Stephan Kampwirth as Jochen Maiwald
Themes
- computer
- hacker
- court case
- german democratic republic
- spy
- cold war
- paranoia
- soviet union
- cocaine
- delusion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- 23
- Participant in
- 12th European Film Awards
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- Russian
- Main subject
- cocaine
- Director
- Hans-Christian Schmid
- Screenwriter
- Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast member
- Jan Gregor Kremp
- Composer
- Enjott Schneider
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Filming location
- Cologne
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 543948
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- publication date
- 1999-01-14
- film editor
- Hansjörg Weißbrich
- title
- 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint
- distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- set in period
- 1980s
- different from
- The Number 23
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