The Lies of The Victors
– Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the s..
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian hates teamwork and sticks the intern with what seems a classic tabloid story about the suicide of a man who had himself torn to shreds by a lion at the zoo. But thanks to the intern’s dogged determination, signs emerge that the story Fabian was working on and the gory zoo story are actually interlinked. Is it pure coincidence? And if it isn’t, how can Fabian fight a nebulous enemy?
18 Jun 2015
German, French
Christoph Hochhäusler
Ulrich Peltzer (screenplay), Christoph Hochhäusler (screenplay)
Florian David Fitz, Horst Kotterba, Lilith Stangenberg, David C. Bunners
Through a complex and rewarding game of connect-the-dots, the film explores that gray area where investigative journalism meets the murky world of political lobbyists who are seeking the dominance of big business over government policy.
1 nomination.