The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

★ 6.0IMDb Score
Released:2013-10-11
Duration:128 min
Director:Bill Condon
Actors:Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander
Production:Participant, Reliance Entertainment, Anonymous Content, DreamWorks Pictures

Overview:

A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

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