Why it may be worth watching
- 23 combines Drama and Thriller elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.8/10 from 232 votes.
Movie
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.
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Cast
August DiehlKarl Koch
Fabian BuschDavid
Dieter LandurisPepe
Jan-Gregor KrempLupo
Burghart KlaußnerWeber
Stephan KampwirthJochen Maiwald
Zbigniew ZamachowskiSergej
Peter FitzBrückner
Lilly Marie TschörtnerBeate
Arnulf SchumacherSeybert
Patrick JoswigAlex
Sven LehmannComputerverkäufer
Regine ZimmermannPepes Freundin
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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, Thriller.
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Themes and topics
computerhackercourt casegerman democratic republicspycold warparanoiasoviet union
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