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The Fifth Estate

  • 20132013
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  • 2h 8m
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6.2/10
42K
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Daniel Brühl and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Fifth Estate (2013)
A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st centuryÂ’s most fiercely debated organization.
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A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debate... Read allA dramatic thriller based on real events that 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.A dramatic thriller based on real events that 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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
42K
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    • Bill Condon
  • Writers
    • Daniel Domscheit-Berg(book "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website")
    • David Leigh(book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy")
    • Luke Harding(book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy")
  • Stars
    • Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Daniel Brühl
    • Carice van Houten
    • Bill Condon
  • Writers
    • Daniel Domscheit-Berg(book "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website")
    • David Leigh(book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy")
    • Luke Harding(book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy")
  • Stars
    • Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Daniel Brühl
    • Carice van Houten
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    • 123User reviews
    • 225Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
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    Top cast

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    Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Julian Assange
    Daniel Brühl
    Daniel Brühl
    • Daniel Berg
    Carice van Houten
    Carice van Houten
    • Birgitta Jónsdóttir
    Alicia Vikander
    Alicia Vikander
    • Anke Domscheit
    Peter Capaldi
    Peter Capaldi
    • Alan Rusbridger
    David Thewlis
    David Thewlis
    • Nick Davies
    Anatole Taubman
    Anatole Taubman
    • Holger Stark
    Alexander Beyer
    Alexander Beyer
    • Marcel Rosenbach
    Philip Bretherton
    Philip Bretherton
    • Bill Keller
    Dan Stevens
    Dan Stevens
    • Ian Katz
    Jamie Blackley
    Jamie Blackley
    • Ziggy
    Ludger Pistor
    Ludger Pistor
    • Supervisor
    Michael Kranz
    Michael Kranz
    • Otto
    Christin Nichols
    • Otto's Girlfriend
    Christoph Franken
    • Game Console Hacker
    Ben Rook
    • Young Julian
    Lucinda Raikes
    Lucinda Raikes
    • Julian's Mother
    Marleen Lohse
    Marleen Lohse
    • Tacheles Waitress
      • Bill Condon
    • Writers
      • Daniel Domscheit-Berg(book "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website")
      • David Leigh(book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy")
      • Luke Harding(book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Julian Assange emailed Benedict Cumberbatch to ask him to not to participate in the film.
    • Goofs
      After Julian and Daniel fight and finally split up there is a shot of the streets outside Daniel's apartment by night. Two cars drive past backwards, revealing the film has been played in reverse.
    • Quotes

      Julian Assange: If you want the truth, no one is going to tell you the truth, they're going to tell you their version. So if you want the truth, you have to seek it out for yourself. In fact that's where power lies, in your willingness to look beyond this story, any story. And as long as you keep searching, you are dangerous to them. That's what they're afraid of: you. It's all about you. And a little bit about me too.

    • Crazy credits
      The song details in the film's end credits include incorrect information for one of the songs ("Pray").

      The correct credits are:

      "Pray (Consejos de Royer)" Written by Munchi Performed by Munchi Courtesy of Munchi
    • Connections
      Featured in The Agenda with Tom Bradby: Episode #4.1 (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Stompbox (Spor Remix)
      Written by Liam Black, Leon Harris and Daniel Arnold
      Performed by The Qemists
      Courtesy of Ninja Tune

    User reviews123

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    Benedict Cumberbatch great actor but the movie is propanganda attack on Wikileaks
    WOW! Berg guy is totally self righteous a hole. You don't even have to know anything about the subject matter and you know this movie is totally BOGUS! A complete smear campaign on the founder of Wikileaks. "People love the true WikiLeaks story: a small group of dedicated journalists and tech activists who take on corruption and state criminality against the odds," Assange writes in his statement. "But this film isn't about that. ... Instead of the exciting true story, we get a film about a bland German IT worker who wasn't even there and a fabricated fight over redactions with the old newspapers and the State Department saving the day. The result is a geriatric snoozefest that only the US government could love." "As justification it will claim to be fiction, but it is not fiction. It is distorted truth about living people doing battle with titanic opponents. It is a work of political opportunism, influence, revenge and, above all, cowardice."
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    • ulfahl69
    • Dec 22, 2017

    FAQ3

    • What does the title mean?
    • Is the movie anti-WikiLeaks?
    • What does the tagline "You are the fifth estate" mean?

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 2013 (United States)
      • United States
      • India
      • Belgium
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      • Stream The Fifth Estate officially on Disney+ Hotstar Indonesia
      • English
      • Icelandic
      • Swahili
      • Arabic
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    • Filming locations
      • Domaine provincial d'Hélécine, 2 rue Armand Dewolf, Hélécine, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Reliance Entertainment
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    • 2 hours 8 minutes
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