The Killing of a Journalist (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 23, 2023

Original Title:
The Killing of a Journalist

Alternate Titles:
Der Fall Jan Kuciak - Journalistenmord in der Slowakei
Enquête sur un double assassinat - Jan Kuciak
Mordet på en journalist
Mordet på journalisten
The Killing of a European Journalist
Tödliche Recherchen - der Mord an Ján Kuciak

Genres:
Crime | Documentary

Production Companies:
Final Cut for Real
Frame Films
Gotfat Productions
OCCRP
WDR/Arte

Production Countries:
Czech Republic | Denmark | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: U 

Runtime: 100

"An attack on a journalist, is an attack on us all!"

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.

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Associate Producer:
Julia Love Babušcák

Co-Producer:
Jitka Kotrlová
Zuzana Kučerová
Thor Hampus Bank

Color Designer:
Anders V. Christensen

Colorist:
Jian Zhi Zhang

Director:
Matt Sarnecki

Director of Photography:
Anna Smoroňová

Editor:
Janus Billeskov Jansen

Executive Producer:
Drew Sullivan
Paul Radu

Line Producer:
Jakub Koula
Maria Kristensen

Original Music Composer:
Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Post Producer:
Francesc Sitges-Sardà

Producer:
Signe Byrge Sørensen

Producer's Assistant:
Eva Kubániová

Sound Designer:
Marek Poledna

Sound Mixer:
Marek Poledna

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