23
Based on an authentic case, the film "23" tells the story of Karl Koch, a computer hacker from Hanover, who loses his life at the end of the 1980s. Karl Koch is 19, when he leaves home to get away from the overbearing influence of his ultra-conservative father. After this equally sensitive as well as rebellious young man reads Robert Wilson’s cult book "lluminatus!", he noticeably falls into imagining that the world is now controlled by a secret organisation of "Illuminati".
One day the two crooks Lupo and Pepe talk both Karl and his friend David into using their hacker skills in order to get their hands on some top secret information and sell it to the KGB for lots of money. Yet, Karl is not up to the unrelenting pressure. He begins to take drugs, isolating himself ever more from his surroundings. His delusions of "Illuminati" now become transformed into a full-blown paranoia. A sensation-seeking journalist finally notices Karl – followed a little while later also by the police.
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Karl Koch
- David
- Pepe
- Lupo
- Maiwald
- Sergej
- Brückner
- Weber
- Beate
- Alex
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Set design
Prop master
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Audio mixing
Consultant
Stunts
Music
Cast
- Karl Koch
- David
- Pepe
- Lupo
- Maiwald
- Sergej
- Brückner
- Weber
- Beate
- Alex
- Seybert
- Computerverkäufer
- Karls Vater
- Sich selbst
Production company
Producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Shoot
- 1997: Berlin und Umgebung [bis Herbst]
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 13.07.1998, 80119, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 01.07.1998, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 14.01.1999;
TV-Erstsendung: 01.08.2000, Premiere
Titles
- Untertitel Nichts ist so wie es scheint
- Originaltitel (DE) 23
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 13.07.1998, 80119, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 01.07.1998, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 14.01.1999;
TV-Erstsendung: 01.08.2000, Premiere
Awards
- Lola in Silber, Bester Spielfilm
- Lola, Bester Hauptdarsteller
- Förderpreis Deutscher Film, Regie