The Fourth State
a DENNIS GANSEL picture
Synopsis
Paul Jensen, a tabloid reporter, flees Berlin and begins working at a gossip magazine in Moscow, run by his mentor Alexei Onegin. He quickly succeeds in bringing back the glory and a higher circulation for the paper. His life is a big party until he meets the beautiful activist Katja and falls in love with her. She convinces him to run a politically oriented obituary in the magazine. From then on a chain events will tear Paul’s life apart. He is arrested as a terrorist. When released with Onegin’s help, he is confronted with other secrets from his past and has to solve the political conspiracy against him.
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St. Louis International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Moritz Bleibtreu | |
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| Kasia Smutniak | |
| Max Riemelt | |
| Rade Serbedzija | |
| Yevgeni Sitokhin | |
| Mark Ivanir | |
| Dragos Bucur | |
| Joan Pascu |
| Director | Dennis Gansel |
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| Writers | Dennis Gansel, Florian Schumacher |
| Producers | Thomas Friedl, Nico Hofmann, Nina Maag |
| Cinematography | Daniel Gottschalk |
| Production Design | Matthias Müsse |
| Art Direction | Ralf Schreck |
| Set Decoration | Tilman Lasch |
| Costume Design | Natascha Curtius-Noss |
| Editor | Jochen Retter |
| Casting | Nessie Nesslauer |
| Music | Heiko Maile |
| Sound | Christian Bischoff |
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