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The Fifth Estate

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
41K
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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
41K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • 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
Top credits
  • Director
    • 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
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 123User reviews
    • 225Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Julian Assangeas Julian Assange
    Daniel Brühl
    Daniel Brühl
    • Daniel Bergas Daniel Berg
    Carice van Houten
    Carice van Houten
    • Birgitta Jónsdóttiras Birgitta Jónsdóttir
    Alicia Vikander
    Alicia Vikander
    • Anke Domscheitas Anke Domscheit
    Peter Capaldi
    Peter Capaldi
    • Alan Rusbridgeras Alan Rusbridger
    David Thewlis
    David Thewlis
    • Nick Daviesas Nick Davies
    Anatole Taubman
    Anatole Taubman
    • Holger Starkas Holger Stark
    Alexander Beyer
    Alexander Beyer
    • Marcel Rosenbachas Marcel Rosenbach
    Philip Bretherton
    Philip Bretherton
    • Bill Kelleras Bill Keller
    Dan Stevens
    Dan Stevens
    • Ian Katzas Ian Katz
    Jamie Blackley
    Jamie Blackley
    • Ziggyas Ziggy
    Ludger Pistor
    Ludger Pistor
    • Supervisoras Supervisor
    Michael Kranz
    Michael Kranz
    • Ottoas Otto
    Christin Nichols
    • Otto's Girlfriendas Otto's Girlfriend
    Christoph Franken
    • Game Console Hackeras Game Console Hacker
    Ben Rook
    • Young Julianas Young Julian
    Lucinda Raikes
    Lucinda Raikes
    • Julian's Motheras Julian's Mother
    Marleen Lohse
    Marleen Lohse
    • Tacheles Waitressas Tacheles Waitress
    • Director
      • 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")
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
    • All cast & crew

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    Storyline

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    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 whistle-blowers 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? —DreamWorks Pictures
    • internet
    • wikileaks
    • computer hacker
    • whistleblowing
    • news leak
    • 330 more
    • Plot summary
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    • Taglines
      • You can't expose the world's secrets without exposing yourself.
    • Genres
      • Biography
      • Crime
      • Drama
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language and some violence
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Julian Assange emailed Benedict Cumberbatch to ask him to not to participate in the film.
    • Goofs
      The Julian Assange interview at the Ecuadorian embassy has the Colombian flag in the background.
    • 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.

    • 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

    Review
    Top review
    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?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 2013 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • India
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Stream The Fifth Estate officially on Disney+ Hotstar Indonesia
    • Languages
      • English
      • Icelandic
      • Swahili
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • The 5ifth Estate
    • Filming locations
      • Domaine provincial d'Hélécine, 2 rue Armand Dewolf, Hélécine, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Reliance Entertainment
      • Participant
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $28,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,255,008
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,673,351
      • Oct 20, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,058,564
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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