Behind the Headlines
2021, German. Directed by Daniel Andreas Sager.
Two years after the Panama Papers scandal, two investigative journalists at Germany’s largest newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, are ready with a series of new revelations while researchin the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galicia and a mysterious arms dealer linked to the Iranian nuclear missile programme. When a secret video gets leaked to them in 2019, the journalists have the opportunity to uncover a new scandal, today known as ‘Ibiza-Gate’, involving the Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 16 September 2021
- Original title
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- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Marc Bauder, Daniel Andreas Sager
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Behind the Headlines runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Behind the Headlines isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 September 2021. (Checked 7 November 2026.)
What movies are like Behind the Headlines?
If you liked Behind the Headlines, try Voyeur, A Toxic Love Story, Stolen: Heist of the Century.
Who directed Behind the Headlines?
Behind the Headlines (2021) was directed by Daniel Andreas Sager and stars Andreas Gericke, Philipp Grüll, Wolfgang Krach.