Movie
Risk
Overview
Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-05-05
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Field of Vision, First Look Media, Topic Studios, Praxis Films Berlin
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Julian Assange as Self
- Sarah Harrison as Self
- Jacob Appelbaum as Self
- Joseph Farrell as Self
- Renata Avila as Self - Lawyer
- Jennifer Robinson as Self - Lawyer
- Erinn Clark as Self - Tor Project developer
- Laura Poitras as Self (voice)
- Ana Alban as Self - Ecuadorian ambassador
- Christine Assange as Self - Julian's mother
- Louis Bladel as Self - FBI counterintelligence
- Amal Clooney as Self
Crew
- Laura Poitras - Director
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