The Killing of a Journalist
The Killing of a Journalist

The Killing of a Journalist

"An attack on a journalist is an attack on us all!"

6.6(7 votes)
2022
1h 40m
Documentary
Crime

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.

Production

Final Cut for Real, OCCRP, Frame Films, WDR/Arte, Gotfat Productions

Cast

Robert Fico

Robert Fico

Self (archive footage)

Robert Kalinak

Robert Kalinak

Self (archive footage)

Andrej Kiska

Andrej Kiska

Self (archive footage)

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