23 (1998)

Directed by

Hans-Christian Schmid

Genre

drama film, spy film, thriller film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 227 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young hacker in late 1980s Germany becomes obsessed with the number 23. His growing paranoia and involvement with a spy ring lead to his death, which is ruled a suicide.

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What happens

23, original German title: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint ("Nothing is what it seems") is a 1998 German drama thriller film about young hacker Karl Koch, who died on 23 May 1989, a presumed suicide. It was directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, who also participated in screenwriting. The title derives from the protagonist's obsession with the number 23, a phenomenon often described as apophenia. Although the film was well received by critics and audiences, its accuracy has been vocally disputed by several witnesses to the real-life events on which it was based. Schmid subsequently co-authored a book that tells the story of the making of 23 and also details the differences between the movie and the actual main events. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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