The Killing of a Journalist
“"An attack on a journalist is an attack on us all!"”
2022•1h 40m•7.3•Released
DocumentaryCrime
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.
Director
Matt Sarnecki
Languages
English, Slovak
Studio
Final Cut for Real
Cast
Robert Fico
Self (archive footage)
Robert Kalinak
Self (archive footage)
Andrej Kiska
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Final Cut for Real
Company
OCCRP
Company
Frame Films
Company
GotFat Productions
Company
WDR
Company
ARTE
Producer
Signe Byrge Sørensen
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