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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?

Top Cast

  • Florian David Fitz

    Florian David Fitz

    Fabian Groys

  • Lilith Stangenberg

    Lilith Stangenberg

    Nadja

  • Horst Kotterba

    Horst Kotterba

    Hannes Hubach

  • Ursina Lardi

    Ursina Lardi

    Corinna von May

  • David C. Bunners

    David C. Bunners

    General Halmer

  • Niels-Bruno Schmidt

    Niels-Bruno Schmidt

    Arbeiter

  • Irina Potapenko

    Irina Potapenko

    Frau Kodolski

  • Zinedine Soualem

    Zinedine Soualem

    Dan

  • Karl Fischer

    Karl Fischer

    Dellbrück

Overview

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?

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