The Fifth Estate

2013 • 128 minutes

About this movie

Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, "The Fifth Estate" reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?

Ratings and reviews

Great story, Julian is an ambassador of truth and transparency and yet a bludgeoned victim of those that place the blindfold upon the majorities brow. It is a shame majority are so happy to assist in tying the knot, i hope for a day where accountability is not an appointed responsibility but instead an organic result of misbehavior on all scales for all to be measured and held accountable equally regardless of title, race or origin 🪢 👨‍🦯

Bad movie donot install

Film ini bagus karna bercerita tentang wikileaks