Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. Once there, he sees how they don't just report the news, but manufacture it to suit the personal political agenda of the paper's leaders.

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow

Günter Wallraff

Peter Coyote

Henry Tobel

Nathalie Baye

Christine

Dieter Laser

Leonard Schröter

Gert Haucke

Heinz Herbert Schultz

Günter Meisner

Richter

László I. Kish

2nd State Security Man

Dieter Prochnow

Franz Messer