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Release Date:
July 2, 1998
Original Title:
23
Alternate Titles:
23 - Nichts ist wie es scheint
23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint
23 – Nothing is as it Seems
23, Nada es lo que parece
Nichts ist wahr, alles ist erlaubt
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12
Runtime: 99
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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Assistant Camera:
Kai Rostásy
Assistant Director:
Andrea Kapeller
Assistant Editor:
Bernd Schlegel
Casting:
Nessie Nesslauer
Costume Design:
Peri de Bragança
Director:
Hans-Christian Schmid
Director of Photography:
Klaus Eichhammer
Editor:
Hansjörg Weißbrich
Executive Producer:
Ulrike Putz
Gaffer:
Jürgen Bauer
Makeup Artist:
Tatjana Krauskopf
Stephanie Hilke
Original Music Composer:
Enjott Schneider
Producer:
Jakob Claussen
Thomas Wöbke
Production Design:
Ingrid Henn
Screenplay:
Hans-Christian Schmid
Michael Gutmann
Sound:
William Edouard Franck
Sound Designer:
Dirk Jacob
Sound Editor:
Guido Zettier
Kai Storck
Sound Mixer:
Martin Steyer
Special Effects:
Uli Nefzer
Gerd Nefzer
Storyboard Artist:
Sikander Goldau
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