23 (1998)
Popularity4/5
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12-month trend
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Hans-Christian Schmid
Cast
August Diehl, Burghart Klaußner, Dieter Landuris, Fabian Busch, Jan Gregor Kremp, Stephan Kampwirth, Zbigniew Zamachowski
The story
In 1980s Germany at the height of the Cold War, 19-year-old Karl Koch finds the world around him threatening and chaotic. Inspired by the fictitious character Hagbard Celine (from Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's 1975 book The Illuminatus! Trilogy), he starts investigating the backgrounds of political and economic power and discovers signs that make him believe in a worldwide conspiracy.
Genres
drama film, spy film, thriller film
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Time travel 236Space 248Heists 704Spies 868Time loops 40Dreams 189Artificial intelligence 96Aliens 402Robots 63After the apocalypse 431Revenge 270Survival 198Conspiracies 223Missing persons 43Road trips 6Courtroom 164Prison 510Friendship 773Family relationships 3,979Identity 481
Genres and styles
Science fiction 4,367Horror 8,213Comedy 19,326Drama 30,786Romance 9,639Action 9,279Adventure 7,234Thrillers 11,128Mysteries 3,777Crime 8,420Fantasy 3,690Animation 2,002Documentaries 8,596Musicals 4,133Music 4,133War 2,832Westerns 3,226Biography 3,019Historical 890Sport 1,150Silent films 3,359LGBTQ-related 2,187Teen 1,531Adult 1,020Independent 800Coming of age 1,388Monsters 1,076Slashers 1,085Erotic 818Buddy films 735Zombies 611Splatter 368Vampires 448Ghosts 538Parodies 1,080Superheroes 566Disasters 446Dystopian 421