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...
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| Jürgen Prochnow | ... |
Gunter Wallraff
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| Peter Coyote | ... |
Henry Tobel
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| Nathalie Baye | ... |
Christine
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| Dieter Laser | ... |
Leonard Schroeter
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| Monique van de Ven | ... |
Tina Wallraff
(as Monique Van De Ven)
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| Philip Anglim | ... |
Rolf Gruel
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| Henry G. Sanders | ... |
Evans
(as Henry Sanders)
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| James Laurenson | ... |
Mueller
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Sylvie Granotier | ... |
Kathy Heller
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| Hippolyte Girardot | ... |
Rudolph Schick
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| Joe Sheridan | ... |
Karl
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| Philippe Leroy | ... |
Borges
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Christine Murillo | ... |
Angela
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| Barbara Williams | ... |
Judie Brandt
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| Florence Pernel | ... |
Angel
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Sophie Sperlich | ... |
Esther Wallraff
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| Dieter Prochnow | ... |
Franz Messer
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Jean-Michel Dagory | ... |
Eduardo
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Nicole Casey | ... |
Rose Wallraff
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René Bazinet | ... |
Herbert Stroh
(as Rene Bazinet)
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| Gert Haucke | ... |
Heinz Herbert Schultz
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Marion Stalens | ... |
Sarah
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Manfred Andrae | ... |
Hermes Brauner
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| Günter Meisner | ... |
Judge
(as Gunther Meisner)
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Alfred Urankar | ... |
Foreman
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| Nils Tavernier | ... |
Klamph
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Jochen Kolenda | ... |
1st State Security Man
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| László I. Kish | ... |
2nd State Security Man
(as Laszlo I. Kish)
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Bruno Tendera | ... |
Light Haired Man In Car
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Nanouk Broche | ... |
Optometrist
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André Lacombe | ... |
Fritz Hegenberg
(as Andre Lacombe)
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Olivier Loiseau | ... |
Schick's Assassin
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| Philippe Mercier | ... |
Torture Victim
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Horst D. Scheel | ... |
Standard Attorney
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Jacques Alric | ... |
State Security Man In Corridor
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Nevati Sahin | ... |
Turkish Lover
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| Fernand Guiot | ... |
Mantz
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| Mark Zak | ... |
Aide To Borges
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Ivan Kharitonoff | ... |
State Security Man In Garden
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Walter Gontermann | ... |
Firechief
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| Pierre-Alain Chapuis | ... |
Torturer
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| Geoffrey Carey | ... |
Young Doctor
(as Geoffrey Lawrence Carey)
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Pascal Aron | ... |
Security Gate Guard
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Ernst Petry | ... |
Aide To Borges
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Directed by
| Bobby Roth | ||
Written by
| Bobby Roth | ... | (written by) |
| Günter Wallraff | ... | (eyewitness account) |
Produced by
| Cass Coty | ... | associate producer |
| Philippe Diaz | ... | producer |
| Klaus Rettig | ... | line producer: Germany |
| Bobby Roth | ... | executive producer |
| Gerhard Schmidt | ... | line producer: Germany |
Music by
| Tangerine Dream | ||
Cinematography by
| Ricardo Aronovich | ... | director of photography (as Ricardo Aronovitch) |
Editing by
| Luce Grunenwaldt | ||
Editorial Department
| Richard Byard | ... | first assistant editor |
| Maurice Diot | ... | color timer |
| Elisabeth Guillaumet | ... | negative cutter |
| Antoine Laguerre | ... | apprentice editor: France |
| Minh-Tam Nguyen | ... | assistant editor: France |
| Ewa Zbroniec | ... | apprentice editor: USA (as Eva Zbroniec) |
| Mato | ... | color timer (uncredited) |
Casting By
| Cass Coty | ||
| Véronique Gendre | ... | (as Veronique Gendre) |
Production Design by
| Didier Naert | ||
Set Decoration by
| Laurent Barbat | ||
Costume Design by
| Brigitte Nierhaus | ||
Makeup Department
| Sylvie Aid | ... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist |
| José-Luis Casas | ... | hair stylist (as Jose Lucas Casas) |
| Marie-Hélène Duguet | ... | makeup artist (as Marie-Helene Duguet) |
| Sabine Ellmerer | ... | assistant makeup artist: Germany |
Production Management
| Catherine Huhardeaux | ... | production manager |
| Neil Rapp | ... | in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Jan Sebastian Ballhaus | ... | second second assistant director: Germany (as Sebastian Ballhaus) |
| François Basset | ... | second assistant director (as Francois Basset) |
| Albane Guilhe | ... | second assistant director |
| Patrick Halpine | ... | first assistant director |
| Heike Hempel | ... | second assistant director: Germany |
| Kris Portier de Bellair | ... | dga trainee |
| Jean-Thomas Renaud | ... | dga trainee |
Art Department
| Babek Aliassa | ... | swing gang |
| Raphael Alvarez | ... | swing gang |
| Armand Avanzi | ... | construction grip |
| Patrick Biré | ... | construction key grip (as Patrick Bire) |
| Jacques Bissonet | ... | construction grip |
| Christophe Bonnaud | ... | art department assistant |
| Francois Bucy | ... | carpenter |
| Stefan Burkhardt | ... | set dresser: Germany (as Stefan Burghardt) |
| Luc Chalon | ... | property buyer |
| Bertrand Clercq-Roques | ... | first assistant art director (as Bertrand Clerq-Roques) |
| Eric Colin | ... | construction grip |
| André Conil | ... | construction foreman (as Andre Conil) |
| Pierre Cotte | ... | construction coordinator |
| Stéphane Dougoud | ... | sign painter assistant (as Stephane Dougoud) |
| Michel Farge | ... | sign painter |
| Achim Feles | ... | set construction: Germany |
| Andre Fosse | ... | carpenter |
| Maurice Guarguir | ... | painter |
| Harry Hoffman | ... | art department assistant: Germany |
| Laurent Jarriau | ... | set property master |
| Eric Leroy | ... | construction grip |
| Michel Letteron | ... | construction grip |
| René Letteron | ... | construction grip (as Rene Letteron) |
| Eric Poisson | ... | construction grip |
| Jean Raveane | ... | construction grip |
| Ivan Ringot | ... | second assistant art director |
| Gudrun Roscher | ... | assistant property: Germany |
| Claude Saillant | ... | carpenter |
| Hans-Peter Sandmeier | ... | set constructor: Germany (as Hans Sandmeier) |
| Jean Paul Santini | ... | painter (as Jean-Paul Santini) |
| Marcel Simeon | ... | construction grip |
| Albert Wiss | ... | key painter |
Sound Department
| Lon Bender | ... | supervising sound editor (as Lon E. Bender) |
| Terry Fiyalko | ... | dialogue editor |
| George Fredrick | ... | sound editor (as George Fredericks) |
| Avram D. Gold | ... | adr editor |
| Kevin Hearst | ... | sound editor (as Raoul) |
| Dan Hegeman | ... | sound editor |
| Denis Martin | ... | boom operator |
| Joseph A. Mayer | ... | dialogue editor (as Joe Mayer) |
| Kelly Oxford | ... | assistant sound editor |
| Jean-Pierre Ruh | ... | sound engineer |
| Greg P. Russell | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Robert Thirlwell | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Dan Wallin | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
| Pascal Sentenac | ... | special effects assistant |
| Jean-Pierre Toffolon | ... | special effects |
Stunts
| Michel Berreur | ... | stunts |
| Gilles Conseil | ... | stunts |
| Pascal Drossart | ... | stunts |
| Alain Guerillot | ... | stunts |
| Michel Heinisch | ... | stunts |
| Jean-Pierre Janic | ... | stunts |
| Gérard Kuhnl | ... | stunts |
| Philippe Lazoore | ... | stunts |
| Roland Neunreuther | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Jose Pinto | ... | stunts |
| Cécile Pitel | ... | stunts (as Cecile Girard) |
| Alain Saugout | ... | stunts |
| Lionel Vitrant | ... | stunts |
| Daniel Vérité | ... | stunt coordinator (as Daniel Verite) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Franck Barrault | ... | electrician |
| Patrick Bois | ... | gaffer |
| Jacques Borguet | ... | grip |
| Thomas Bres | ... | second assistant camera |
| Yann Carcedo | ... | electrician |
| Edouard Causse | ... | electrician |
| Franck Coulbrant | ... | electrician |
| Isabelle Czajka | ... | second assistant camera |
| Jean-Marie Dreujou | ... | first assistant camera |
| Jean-Luc Ettori | ... | electrician |
| Pascal Henin | ... | electrician |
| Gilles Hillion | ... | electrician |
| Jacques Hénin | ... | generator operator (as Jacques Henin) |
| Marc Koninckx | ... | steadicam operator (as Marc De Coninck) |
| Thierry Laidet | ... | electrician |
| Sylvain Legrand | ... | still photographer |
| Daniel Leterrier | ... | camera operator (as Daniel Letterier) |
| Jurgen Nasshofen | ... | grip: Germany |
| Pierre Speyer | ... | key grip |
| Jürgen Steil | ... | grip: Germany (as Jurgen Steil) |
| Jean-Claude Temporelli | ... | electrician |
| François Tille | ... | grip (as Francois Tille) |
| Jérôme Touillaud | ... | electrician (as Jerome Touillaud) |
| Myriam Vinocour | ... | additional assistant camera |
| Philippe Vizy | ... | grip |
| Dieter Welsch | ... | third assistant camera: Germany |
| Benoît Theunissen | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Silke Fischer | ... | layout artist |
| Laurence Fourtout | ... | layout artist |
Casting Department
| Patricia Cointot | ... | extras casting |
| Uli Geyer | ... | extras casting: Germany |
| Horst D. Scheel | ... | casting: Germany |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Blanche Cardinale | ... | costumer |
| Heike Meyer | ... | costumer |
| Martina Schall | ... | costumer: Germany |
Location Management
| Edouard Dupont | ... | assistant location manager |
| Ingrid Henn | ... | location scout: Germany |
| Bernd Huckenbeck | ... | assistant location manager: Germany |
| Fredy Lagrost | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| Olivier Kowalski | ... | composer: additional music |
| Paul Lavergne | ... | soundtrack album producer |
| Allan K. Rosen | ... | music editor |
| Richard Rudolph | ... | music consultant (as Dick Rudolph) |
| Tangerine Dream | ... | music performers |
Script and Continuity Department
| Florence Dugowson | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Michael Adler | ... | lawyer |
| Pascal Aron | ... | assistant: Catherine Huhardeaux |
| Gisela Berghofer | ... | office production assistant: Germany / production assistant: Germany |
| Joël Besse | ... | production assistant (as Joel Besse) |
| Farida Bitard | ... | production staff: Paris, CPI |
| Jacques-Georges Bitoun | ... | lawyer |
| Danielle Brunschwig | ... | production coordinator |
| Andre Charvet | ... | production staff: Paris, CPI |
| Jean-Marie Cuvillier | ... | production staff: Paris, CPI |
| Marie De Villeneuve | ... | production staff: Paris, CPI |
| Volker Dickermann | ... | production assistant: Germany |
| Monique Eydan | ... | production accountant |
| Michael Fette | ... | production assistant: Germany |
| Werner Kalb | ... | production assistant: Germany |
| Abdel Kedadouche | ... | production assistant (as Abdelhak Kedadouche) |
| Arnaud Keil | ... | production assistant |
| Charles Lechevrel | ... | production assistant |
| Olivier Loiseau | ... | assistant: Philippe Diaz |
| Andreas Luderitz | ... | production assistant: Germany |
| Jérôme Minet | ... | photo agency: KIPA |
| Caroline Mitchell | ... | dialogue coach |
| Karen Nathanson | ... | production assistant |
| Philippe Papadopoulos | ... | production assistant |
| David Péraldi | ... | production assistant (as David Peraldi) |
| Niko Remus | ... | production assistant: Germany (as Nico Remus) |
| Beatrice Said | ... | production staff: Paris, CPI |
| Angie Schmidt | ... | production secretary: Germany |
| Dominique Segall | ... | publicist |
| James Simons | ... | production consultant |
| Jason Sloan | ... | lawyer |
| Don Steele | ... | lawyer |
| Klaus Strenge | ... | production assistant: Germany |
| José Urquijo | ... | production assistant: Germany (as Jose Urquijo) |
| Günter Wallraff | ... | technical consultant |
| Michael Wenning | ... | production assistant: Germany |
| Frederique Westhoff | ... | production staff: Paris, CPI |
Thanks
| Jane Abrams | ... | thanks |
| Barbara Alexander | ... | thanks |
| Michael Ballhaus | ... | thanks |
| Patrick Bastin | ... | special thanks |
| René Bonnell | ... | special thanks (as Rene Bonnell) |
| David Boruff | ... | thanks |
| Steve Breimer | ... | thanks |
| Patricia Clifford | ... | thanks |
| Peter Dekom | ... | thanks |
| Marie-Claire Dosseur | ... | thanks |
| Roy Doumani | ... | thanks |
| Reinhold Nevin Dumont | ... | thanks (as Dr. Reinhold Nevin Dumont) |
| Patrice Dutru | ... | thanks |
| Ted Field | ... | special thanks |
| Tchéky Karyo | ... | thanks (as Tcheky Karyo) |
| Hermes Mueller | ... | thanks |
| Barbara Munsch | ... | special thanks |
| Dorlies Pulman | ... | thanks |
| Sara Risher | ... | special thanks |
| Peter Sailer | ... | thanks |
| David Schickele | ... | thanks |
| Bertrand Tavernier | ... | thanks |
| Leslie Z. Tobin | ... | special thanks |
| Günter Wallraff | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
- Canal+
- Compagnie du Production Internationale
- F.P.C. Productions
- Franco American Productions
- The Man Inside
- Virgin Vision
Distributors
- Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (1991) (France) (theatrical)
- New Line Cinema (1990) (United States) (theatrical)
- Alliance Home Video (1991) (Canada) (video)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1991) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (1990) (Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Agatha (thanks)
- Agfa Gevaert (sound)
- Alga-Samuelson (camera equipment provided by)
- Autour Du Monde (thanks)
- CICAM (thanks)
- Cabinet Bitoun, Barjo, Joffre, (Paris) (lawyer)
- Ciné Lumières de Paris (lighting equipment)
- Consolidated Film Industries (CFI) (opticals)
- Credit Lyonnais Bank (Nederland) N.V. (financed by)
- Credit Lyonnais Bank (Nederland) N.V. (special thanks)
- Ecole Essie (thanks)
- Elison (sound processing)
- Film Completion and Finance (insurance company)
- France Andrelux (thanks)
- Fuji (film)
- Galerie Polaris (thanks)
- Gestetner (thanks)
- Guild of Television Camera Professionals (GTC) (laboratory)
- Hôpital de Ville-Evrard (thanks)
- Island (thanks)
- Laboratoire Respeil (thanks)
- Lissoc (thanks)
- Masq (Paris) (edition musicale)
- Meridian Studios (recorded at)
- Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp (lawyer)
- R-Cine Gear (grip equipment)
- S.G.A.C. Bellan (insurance company)
- Saxon/Ross Film Design (titles designed by)
- Societe AAB Agencement, Amenagement de Bureaux (thanks)
- Societe Eurosit, Sieges de Bureaux (thanks)
- Societe Gastinne Renette (thanks)
- Societe Techniland (thanks)
- Societe Vianne (thanks)
- Soundelux (sound design)
- Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP) (lighting crew)
- Velux France (thanks)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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.
Written by Tad Dibbern |
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Box Office
| Budget | $3,800,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The newspaper featured in this film is in reality the German 'Bild-Zeitung'. The newspapers' founder Axel Springer is played by Manfred Andrae with his character named "Hermes Brauner". See more » |
| Goofs | Schultz gets into a BMW 7 series which didn't go in production until the late-'80s. See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Before the credits there is the following: 'LEAD STORY', Wallraff's expose of 'The Daily Standard', has become a best seller in Germany and throughout Western Europe. The Standard's readership dropped off 17% after the book's release, and the paper has been plagued by student demonstrations and lawsuits from its victims. However, nine million Germans still read it daily. In a subsequent ruling, the court prohibited Wallraff from mentioning any link between 'The Standard' and German State Security. The German League of Industrialists implemented a security program at all its major facilities to guard against future infiltration. Gunter Wallraff is currently working on a new project...somewhere in Germany. See more » |