In 2016 and 2017, the ship Iuventa carried out rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Young people who were no longer willing to stand idly by had purchased the ship in order to rescue refugees in danger of drowning. What began as a hopeful endeavor ultimately ended in a trial. Director Markus Goller and actor Louis Hofmann, along with people who were there at the time, discuss everything from the context to the making of the film 23 000 LIVES.