The Lies of the Victors

The Lies of the Victors

112 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 17, 2014

Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian hates teamwork and sticks the intern with what seems a classic tabloid story about the suicide of a man who had himself torn to shreds by a lion at the zoo. But thanks to the intern’s dogged determination, signs emerge that the story Fabian was working on and the gory zoo story are actually interlinked. Is it pure coincidence? And if it isn’t, how can Fabian fight a nebulous enemy?

The Lies of the Victors

112 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 17, 2014

The Lies of the Victors
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian hates teamwork and sticks the intern with what seems a classic tabloid story about the suicide of a man who had himself torn to shreds by a lion at the zoo. But thanks to the intern’s dogged determination, signs emerge that the story Fabian was working on and the gory zoo story are actually interlinked. Is it pure coincidence? And if it isn’t, how can Fabian fight a nebulous enemy?
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers ARD, Heimatfilm
Original title Die Lügen der Sieger
Directors Christoph Hochhäusler
Writers Ulrich Peltzer, Christoph Hochhäusler

Cast

Florian David Fitz

as Fabian Groys

Horst Kotterba

as Hannes Hubach

Ursina Lardi

as Corinna von May

David C. Bunners

as General Halmer

Niels-Bruno Schmidt

as Arbeiter

Irina Potapenko

as Frau Kodolski

Karl Fischer

as Dellbrück

Maya Bothe

as Monika Karen

Jean-Paul Comart

as Jaali

Daniel Drewes

as Kuros Mitarbeiter

Tilo Werner

as Joker

Bettina Hoppe

as Frau Rangel

Jörg Malchow

as Adjutant von General Halmer

Volker Ranisch

as Gassen