23Movie
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.
About 23
23 is a 1998 drama, thriller movie directed by Hans-Christian Schmid.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 39m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
