The Fourth State (2012)
Die vierte Macht
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
- Date of release
- 2012-03-08
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (58)
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- Dennis Gansel
Casting
- Moritz Bleibtreu — Paul Jensen
- Kasia Smutniak — Katja
- Mark Ivanir — Aslan
- Max Riemelt — Dima
- Stipe Erceg — Vladimir
- Cosima Shaw — Andrea Berger
- Reiner Schöne — Sokolow
- Rade Šerbedžija — Onjegin
- Dragoș Bucur — Shamil
- Masha Tokareva — Nadja
- Michael Ihnow — Security Guard Hospital
- Wanja Mues — Valeri Vasilvey
Interesting facts
The Fourth State is a 2012 German psychological thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija, Mark Ivanir and Isabella Vinet. It premiered in Germany on 8 March 2012. The working title was The Year of the Snake.
Production
Dennis Gansel got the basic idea for the film after the broadcast of Das Phantom, and Gansel mentioned that they have a similar theme. The film was shot in Berlin and Ukraine. A few scenes were shot in Moscow, and a fake script was presented to the authorities to get permits without problems due to the political nature of the actual script.
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