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The Fifth Estate (2013)

The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate
R
Biography
Documentary
Drama
Thriller

Release Date
October 11, 2013
Director
Bill Condon
Runtime
124
Main Genre
Biography
Writers
Daniel Domscheit-Berg , David Leigh , Luke Harding , Josh Singer
Tagline
You can't expose the world's secrets without exposing yourself.

Summary

Following Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Brühl), an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange (Cumberbatch), “The Fifth Estate” traces the heady, early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks. The website’s overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects and transformed the flow of information to news media and the world at large.

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