---
title: 'The Fifth Estate (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bill Condon'
released: '2013-10-18'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'India'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fifth-estate-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837703/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Fifth Estate (2013)

2013 · 124 min · Drama, History, Thriller · India, United States


## Synopsis

The Fifth Estate is a 2013 biographical thriller film directed by Bill Condon about the news-leaking website WikiLeaks. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as its editor-in-chief and founder Julian Assange and Daniel Brühl as its former spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Stanley Tucci, and Laura Linney are featured in supporting roles. The film's screenplay was written by Josh Singer based in-part on Domscheit-Berg's book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website (2011), as well as WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy (2011) by British journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding. The film's name is a reference to people who operate in the manner of journalists outside the normal constraints imposed on the mainstream media.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bill Condon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-condon)
- **Screenplay:** [Daniel Domscheit-Berg](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-domscheit-berg), [David Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-leigh), [Josh Singer](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-singer), [Luke Harding](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-harding)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell)
- **Producer:** [Jeff Skoll](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-skoll), [Steve Golin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-golin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tobias A. Schliessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobias-a-schliessler)
- **Editor:** [Virginia Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-katz)

## Cast

- [Hillary Clinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/hillary-clinton) as Hillary Clinton
- [Moritz Bleibtreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/moritz-bleibtreu) as Marcus
- [Carice van Houten](https://cinepixo.com/people/carice-van-houten) as Birgitta Jónsdóttir
- [Stanley Tucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-tucci) as James Boswell
- [Edgar Selge](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-selge) as Daniel's Father
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as Julian Assange
- [Anatole Taubman](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-taubman) as Holger Stark
- [Jamie Blackley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-blackley) as Ziggy
- [Alexander Siddig](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-siddig) as Dr. Tarek Haliseh
- [Xenia Georgia Assenza](https://cinepixo.com/people/xenia-georgia-assenza) as Pretty Girl
- [George W. Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-w-bush) as George W. Bush
- [Michelle Obama](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-obama) as Michelle Obama
- [Barack Obama](https://cinepixo.com/people/barack-obama) as Barack Obama
- [Peter Capaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-capaldi) as Alan Rusbridger
- [Philip Bretherton](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-bretherton) as Bill Keller

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