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.
Unfortunately the movie 23 is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Hans-Christian Schmid | Director |
| Writing | Hans-Christian Schmid | Screenplay |
| Production | Jakob Claussen | Producer |
| Production | Thomas Wöbke | Producer |
| Production | Ulrike Putz | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Enjott Schneider | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Klaus Eichhammer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Editor |
| Production | Nessie Nesslauer | Casting |
| Art | Ingrid Henn | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peri de Bragança | Costume Design |
| Directing | Andrea Kapeller | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Kai Rostásy | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Jürgen Bauer | Gaffer |
| Art | Sikander Goldau | Storyboard Artist |
| Sound | William Edouard Franck | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephanie Hilke | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatjana Krauskopf | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Uli Nefzer | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gerd Nefzer | Special Effects |
| Editing | Bernd Schlegel | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Martin Steyer | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Dirk Jacob | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Kai Storck | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Guido Zettier | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Michael Gutmann | Screenplay |
