Backdrop
The Killing of a Journalist

The Killing of a Journalist (2022)

1h 40m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.

Director: Matt Sarnecki

Studio: Final Cut for Real

Genre: Documentary, Crime

Video: 720p

▶ Watch

Cast

Robert Fico

Robert Fico

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Kalinak

Robert Kalinak

as Self (archive footage)

Andrej Kiska

Andrej Kiska

as Self (archive footage)