Die vierte Gewalt (2016)
Freelance journalist Jan Schulte hopes for a job at the online portal of Berlin newspaper “Die Republik” when he discovers a potential scandal. Federal minister of health Elisabeth Stade apparently helped her brother’s search for a heart transplant by moving him up the waiting list illegally. But then Schulte’s colleague Britta claims the compromising material is a fake. Editor-in-chief Weishaupt and publisher Winter refuse to run the article. As Jan keeps on digging into the scandal, investigating state secretary Katharina Pflüger and political advisor Frank Gruber, his evidence is suddenly stolen from the newspaper office, and soon a competing tabloid breaks the story...
Director: Brigitte Bertele
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Franziska Weisz as Dr. Katharina Pflüger |
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Benno Fürmann as Jan Schulte |
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Jördis Triebel as Britta |
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Devid Striesow as Frank Gruber |
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Ulrich Matthes as Verleger Winter |
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Victoria Trauttmansdorff as Elisabeth Stade |
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Oliver Masucci as Chefredakteur Weishaupt |
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Mercedes Müller as Tochter von Jan Schulte |
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Heike Hanold-Lynch as Doris / Milena Kornelius |
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Holger Daemgen as Präsidentensprecher |
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Sven Gerhardt as Leibrand |
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Falk Rockstroh as Professor Rosner |
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Sandra Nedeleff as Claudia Witzlau |
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Peter Beck as Staatssekretär |
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Anne von Keller as Konstanze |
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Bernhard Geffke as Pförtner |
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Tom-Veit Weber as Krankenpfleger |
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Markus Boestfleisch as Securitymann |
| Directing | Brigitte Bertele | Director |
| Writing | Jochen Bitzer | Writer |
| Camera | The Chau Ngo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Georg Feil | Producer |
| Production | Dagmar Rosenbauer | Producer |
| Sound | Julian Maas | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Christoph Kaiser | Original Music Composer |