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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
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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