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23 runs 1 hour 39 minutes (99 minutes).

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TMDB19981h 39mDrama / Thriller

23

Name: 23
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1998-07-02
Duration: 99 min

TMDB movie listing

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.

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23 at a glance

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Runtime

Standard length · 1h 39m

At 1h 39m it sits between 90 minutes and two hours.

Genres

Drama · Thriller

TMDB files it under drama and thriller.

US availability

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TMDB audience score

6.8 / 10 on TMDB

TMDB users rate it 6.8 out of 10 across 232 votes, a positive audience score. That is a moderate sample of voters.

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TMDB users rate it 6.8 out of 10 across 232 votes.

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Is 23 scary?: MyCinema has not rated 23 for scares yet. TMDB lists it as a drama and thriller film.
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How long is 23?: 23 runs 1 hour 39 minutes (99 minutes).
Is 23 suitable for kids?: TMDB lists no age rating for 23 in the United States or the United States. Treat it as unsuitable for children until you have checked it yourself.

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