Die Lügen der Sieger
Feature Film, DE/FR 2014, Farbe, 112 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2024
Director: Christoph Hochhäusler
Script: Ulrich Peltzer, Christoph Hochhäusler
Cast: Florian David Fitz, Lilith Stangenberg,
Horst Kotterba, Ursina Lardi, Maya Bothe
Camera: Reinhold Vorschneider
Editor: Stefan Stabenow
Location Sound: Jörg Kidrowski
Music: Benedikt Schiefer
Production Design: Renate Schmaderer
Costumes: Peri De Bragança
Producers: Bettina Brokemper
Production: Heimatfilm
Co-production: MACT Productions (FR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (DE), ARTE, BKM
The star reporter for a news magazine is on the trail of an exposé about the deployment of the German Armed Forces in Afghanistan. As his intern investigates a bizarre accidental death at a zoo, the two suspect a scandal involving a toxic waste disposal site. But the powerful chemical lobby lures them to follow a false lead. Christoph Hochhäusler’s modern urban thriller, inspired by classical film noir, tells of the dark intertwining of politics, industry, and the media.