---
title: 'The Fourth State (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dennis Gansel'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fourth-state-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1709122/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Fourth State (2012)

2012 · 115 min · Thriller · Germany


## Synopsis

The Fourth State is a 2012 German psychological thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija, Mark Ivanir and Isabella Vinet. It premiered in Germany on 8 March 2012. The working title was The Year of the Snake.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel)
- **Screenplay:** [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heiko Maile](https://cinepixo.com/people/heiko-maile)
- **Producer:** [Thomas Peter Friedl](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-peter-friedl)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daniel Gottschalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-gottschalk)
- **Editor:** [Jochen Retter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-retter)

## Cast

- [Jean Denis Römer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-denis-romer)
- [Korkmaz Arslan](https://cinepixo.com/people/korkmaz-arslan)
- [Isabella Vinet](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabella-vinet)
- [Grigoriy Dobrygin](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigoriy-dobrygin)
- [Kasia Smutniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/kasia-smutniak)
- [Angelika Böttiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelika-bottiger)
- [Max Riemelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-riemelt)
- [Rade Šerbedžija](https://cinepixo.com/people/rade-serbedzija)
- [Merab Ninidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/merab-ninidze)
- [Cosima Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/cosima-shaw)
- [Stipe Erceg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stipe-erceg)
- [Paulina Bachmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulina-bachmann)
- [Peter Franke](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-franke)
- [Björn von der Wellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bjorn-von-der-wellen)
- [Moritz Bleibtreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/moritz-bleibtreu)

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Official site: http://movies.universal-pictures-international-germany.de/dieviertemacht/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fourth-state-2012
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