The Fourth State

The fourth power is a feature film by the German director and screenwriter Dennis Gansel. The name alludes to the Fourth Estate, which describes the power of the press.

Action

The film tells the story of Paul Jensen, who should bring as a journalist in Moscow a Russian tabloid magazine fresh impetus. At first all is well, because he falls in love with the beautiful Katya, which makes him a politically motivated obituary to be printed in his magazine. This has profound consequences in the life of Paul - he loses his love in a bomb attack and is then accused of aiding and abetting terrorism. Landed in the notorious Russian prison, Paul must not only try to escape, but also find a way to restore his reputation.

Background

The film was shot in Berlin, Landshut and in Ukraine.

Awards

2012 followed for cameraman Daniel Gottschalk was nominated for the German Film Award.

Reviews

" The fourth power is exciting, action -packed entertainment against the backdrop of real events. Ambitious genre cinema up to the not entirely convincing final twist "

"Compared to Gansel recent films " The Wave " (2008) and " We are " encounters (2010) " The Fourth Power " clearly comes to the limits of an overall concept that closely moves in the genre boundaries of the thriller, and the night despite good approaches do not go beyond what is solid genre entertainment addition. As a thriller with a political background works, " The Fourth Power " still mostly quite exciting. "

2012 in film Screenplay Film score Heiko Maile We Are the Night (film)
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