Directed by:
Bill CondonScreenplay:
Josh SingerCinematography:
Tobias A. SchliesslerComposer:
Carter BurwellCast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
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 an online platform that allows whistleblowers 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. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they find themselves at odds as they struggle with 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? (eOne Films International)
(more)Cast
![Benedict Cumberbatch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/211/166211759_670f1e.jpg)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
![Daniel Brühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061154_6ab18f.png)
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
![Carice van Houten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/650/160650021_42f4e9.jpg)
Carice van Houten
Netherlands
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Black Book (2006)
Brimstone (2016)
![Laura Linney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/141/166141528_3615af.jpg)
Laura Linney
USA
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Love Actually (2003)
Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (2016)
![Stanley Tucci](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/850/164850046_943b6f.jpg)
Stanley Tucci
USA
Best movies:
Road to Perdition (2002)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Spotlight (2015)
![Dan Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/421/162421968_0bc03b.png)
Dan Stevens
UK
Best movies:
The Line of Beauty (2006) (series)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
The Gift Horse (2009)
![Anthony Mackie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/282/165282877_e03f9d.png)
Anthony Mackie
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
![David Thewlis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/155/166155236_a314d6.jpg)
David Thewlis
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
![Alicia Vikander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/437/164437890_131c04.jpg)
Alicia Vikander
Sweden
Best movies:
Royal Affair (2012)
Beloved (2010)
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
![Peter Capaldi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932509_198ece.jpg)
Peter Capaldi
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Paddington 2 (2017)
![Moritz Bleibtreu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790957_jgs7rf.jpg)
Moritz Bleibtreu
West Germany
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Time You Change (2010)
![Jamie Blackley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/275/162275788_0f50ba.jpg)
Jamie Blackley
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
uwantme2killhim? (2013)
Gudmundur Thorvaldsson
Best movies:
101 Reykjavik (2000)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Eleven Men Out (2005)
![Xenia Assenza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/287/160287969_2c175e.jpg)
Xenia Assenza
Germany
Best movies:
Der junge Häuptling Winnetou (2022)
The Dark Valley (2014)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
![George W. Bush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273930_acf417.jpg)
George W. Bush (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020) - a.f.
Die Hard 4.0 (2007) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
![Hillary Clinton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/352/160352848_c22619.jpg)
Hillary Clinton (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Snowden (2016) - a.f.
The Dictator (2012)
Walter Cronkite (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - a.f.
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
![Barack Obama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279302_008247.jpg)
Barack Obama (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Snowden (2016) - a.f.
Patriots Day (2016) - a.f.
This Must Be the Place (2011)
![Michelle Obama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/474/160474475_e9471f.jpg)
Michelle Obama (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020) (TV movie)
Snowden (2016) - a.f.
The Fifth Estate (2013) - a.f.
![Franklin D. Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950086_6c35de.jpg)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Contact (1997) - a.f.