Summary
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. Once there, he sees how they don't just report the news, but manufacture it to suit the personal political agenda of the paper's leaders.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+40)
Critics 13Audiences 53GoodWatch 35
Tomatometer13%
IMDb5.3
Running time
1 h 33 min
Shorter than most dramas, −16 min on the typical 109
typical 10993Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1990
October 26, 1990
36 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
France
Rated
- PGUnited States
Directing · 1
- Bobby Roth Director
Camera · 1
- Ricardo Aronovich Director of Photography
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