A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.
Title | The Killing of a Journalist |
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Year | 2023 |
Genre | Documentary, Crime |
Country | Czech Republic, Denmark, United States of America |
Studio | Final Cut for Real, OCCRP, Frame Films, WDR/Arte, Gotfat Productions |
Cast | Robert Fico, Robert Kalinak, Andrej Kiska |
Crew | Matt Sarnecki (Director), Janus Billeskov Jansen (Editor), Signe Byrge Sørensen (Producer), Julia Love Babušcák (Associate Producer), Anna Smoroňová (Director of Photography), Marek Poledna (Sound Designer) |
Keyword | corruption, politics, journalism, protest, press freedom, political corruption, investigative journalism, investigative journalist, slovakia, central europe, freedom of the press |
Release | Mar 23, 2023 |
Runtime | 100 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.70 / 10 by 3 users |