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Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. Once there, he sees how they don't just report the news, but manufacture it to suit the personal political agenda of the paper's leaders.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Bobby RothDirector
Cast
- Jürgen ProchnowGünter Wallraff
- Peter CoyoteHenry Tobel
- Nathalie BayeChristine
- Dieter LaserLeonard Schröter
- Dieter ProchnowFranz Messer
- Gert HauckeHeinz Herbert Schultz
- Günter MeisnerRichter
- László I. Kish2nd State Security Man
- Sylvie GranotierKathy Heller