
The Lies of the Victors
Die Lügen der Sieger
Directed by
Germany
2014
110 min
- German
Thriller
The young and ambitious journalist Fabian Groys (Florian David Fitz) gets caught up in a web of lies and intrigue. During his research on the policies of the army in their dealings with disabled soldiers, more and more questions arise, to which there seem to be no answers. When Fabian comes across a toxic waste scandal, suspicions are substantiated that the two cases could somehow be linked.
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Credits
- Cast
- Florian David Fitz
- Lilith Stangenberg
- Horst Kotterba
- Ursina Lardi
- Screenplay
- Christoph Hochhäusler
- Ulrich Peltzer
- Cinematography
- Reinhold Vorschneider
- Editing
- Stefan Stabenow
- Sales
- THE MATCH FACTORY
- Production
- HEIMATFILM GMBH + CO KG
- Production
- MACT PRODUCTIONS

Christoph Hochhäusler
Germany
Christoph Hochhäusler was born in Munich in 1972. From 1993 to 1995 he studied architecture at Berlin Technical University. Then from 1996 to 2004 he studied directing at the Academy of Television and Film School (HFF) in Munich. Hochhäusler worked in various jobs as storyboard illustrator, sound editor and assistant director. In 1997 he became co-founder and co-publisher of "Revolver" film magazine. He also wrote numerous articles on cinema for "Süddeutsche Zeitung", "png", "Cult", "Insert" and other publications. THIS VERY MOMENT (MILCHWALD, 2003) was his graduation project and first feature film. His other films include: FIRST AID (ERSTE HILFE, 1995), NIGHT SHADOWS (NACHTSCHATTEN, 1996), FEVER (FIEBER, 1999), FLIRT, (2000), PULSE (PULS, 2001), LOW PROFILE (FALSCHER BEKENNER, 2005), the episode SEANCE from GERMANY 09 (DEUTSCHLAND 09, 2009), THE CITY BELOW (UNTER DIR DIE STADT, 2010) and DREILEBEN - ONE MINUTE OF DARKNESS (DREILEBEN - EINE MINUTE DUNKEL, 2011).