Jan Schulte is a journalist who has seen better days. His long-time employer is bankrupt and he has lost his job as a foreign correspondent. Facing life as a single parent and trying to make it as a political journalist in Berlin, he gets hold of leaked information on a scandal in the Ministry of Health. Die vierte Gewalt tells the story of power and its abuse – but is also a tale of journalism, opinion making and human fallibility.

Written by Jochen Bitzer Directed by Brigitte Maria Bertele Director of photography Ngo The Chau Edited by David J. Rauschning Production design Andreas Olshausen Sound Carsten Arnolds Costume design Cornelia Streiter Make-up artist Andrea Allroggen, Franziska Knoll Cast Bo Rosenmüller Production manager Katinka Seidt Line Producer Holger Heinßen Executive producer Dr. Georg Feil, Dagmar Rosenbauer Editorial Manager Christian Granderath (NDR), Christoph Pellander (NDR) Locations Berlin and surrounding area Shooting period 06.10. – 06.11.2015 Cast Benno Fürmann, Franziska Weisz, Jördis Triebel, Oliver Masucci, Nicole Mercedes Müller, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Devid Striesow, Ulrich Matthes u.a. Client NDR / Arte Air date 26.8.2016, Arte und 30.11.16, ARD » back