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Directed by | Hans-Christian Schmid |
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Cinematography | Klaus Eichhammer |
Edited by | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
Music by | Norbert Jürgen Schneider |
Production company | Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH |
Distributed by | Buena Vista International |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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23, original German title: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint ("Nothing is what it seems")[1] 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.[2]