The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

128 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 11, 2013

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.

The Fifth Estate

128 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 11, 2013

The Fifth Estate
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Anonymous Content
Original title The Fifth Estate
Directors Bill Condon
Writers Josh Singer, David Leigh, Luke Harding, Daniel Domscheidt-Berg

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Julian Assange

Daniel Brühl

as Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Anthony Mackie

as Sam Coulson

David Thewlis

as Nick Davies

Alicia Vikander

as Anke Domscheit-Berg

Dan Stevens

as Ian Katz

Stanley Tucci

as James Boswell

Laura Linney

as Sarah Shaw

Carice van Houten

as Birgitta Jonsdottir

Peter Capaldi

as Alan Rusbridger

Moritz Bleibtreu

as Marcus

Alexander Beyer

as Marcel Rosenbach

Jamie Blackley

as Ziggy

Anatole Taubman

as Holger Stark

Michael Culkin

as Ralph Zilke

Alexander Siddig

as Dr. Tarek Haliseh

Michael Kranz

as Otto

Axel Milberg

as Hans

Philip Bretherton

as Bill Keller

Joseph Kinyua Muriuki

as John Paul Oulu

Peter King Nzioki

as Oscar Kamau Kingara

Lydia Leonard

as Alex Lang

Amir Boutrous

as Mutassim Al-Gaddafi

Mimi Ferrer

as Shida Haliseh

Gudmundur Thorvaldsson

as WikiLeaks Staffer #1

Hera Hilmar

as Wikileaks Staffer #2

Nigel Whitmey

as General Thomason

Camilla Rutherford

as Guardian Lawyer

Ludger Pistor

as Supervisor

Ben Rook

as Julian Assange jeune