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Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, “The Fifth Estate” reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?
Original Release
10/11/2013
US Release
10/18/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Capaldi | Alan Rusbridger |
David Thewlis | Nick Davies |
Anatole Taubman | Holger Stark |
Alexander Beyer | Marcel Rosenbach |
Philip Bretherton | Bill Keller |
Dan Stevens | Ian Katz |
Daniel Bruhl | Daniel Berg / Daniel Domscheit-Berg |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Julian Assange |
Jamie Blackley | Ziggy |
Ludger Pistor | Supervisor |
Directors
Writers
Daniel Domscheit-Berg, David Leigh, Luke Harding, Josh Singer
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Capaldi | Alan Rusbridger |
David Thewlis | Nick Davies |
Anatole Taubman | Holger Stark |
Alexander Beyer | Marcel Rosenbach |
Philip Bretherton | Bill Keller |
Dan Stevens | Ian Katz |
Daniel Bruhl | Daniel Berg / Daniel Domscheit-Berg |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Julian Assange |
Jamie Blackley | Ziggy |
Ludger Pistor | Supervisor |
Alicia Vikander | Anke Domscheit / Anke Domscheit-Berg |
Michael Kranz | Otto |
Christin Nichols | Otto's Girlfriend |
Christoph Franken | Game Console Hacker |
Ben Rook | Young Julian / Julian Assange jeune |
Lucinda Raikes | Julian's Mother |
Marleen Lohse | Tacheles Waitress |
Sylvia Rohrer | Zilke's Assistant |
Michael Culkin | Ralph Zilke |
Axel Milberg | Hans |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Green | Executive Producer |
Jonathan King | Executive Producer |
Jim Shamoon | Executive Producer |
Richard Sharkey | Executive Producer |
Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
Leifur B. Dagfinnsson | Producer |
Hilde De Laere | Producer |
Steve Golin | Producer |
Jack Morrissey | Producer |
Mathias Schwerbrock | Producer |
Michael Sugar | Producer |
Emmeline Yang | Producer |
Greg Yolen | Producer |
Mario Zvan | Producer |