Director: Pascal Verdosci
Cast: Sebastian Koch, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Helmut Fornbacher
Genre: Cold War Political Thriller

NOTHING IS MORE TRUE THAN A GOOD LIE...

Zurich, 1956: During the Cold War the Swiss domestic intelligence agency monitors ten percent of the country's inhabitants. When a compromising photo exposes star reporter Werner Eiselin as a Soviet spy, the journalist cannot take the pressure and commits suicide in the interrogation room. Special agent Urs Rappold (Oscar Nominated Klaus Maria Brandauer - "Out of Africa", "Mephisto", "The Russia House") of the Swiss anti-espionage unit is plagued by doubt: Are the photos genuine? And why did the influential PR consultant Dr. Harry Wind (Sebastian Koch - "The Lives of Others", "Unknown", "Black Book") have them made in the first place? In a relentless game of cat and mouse with the manipulative inventor of stories, Harry Wind, Rappold realises that he himself is part of a conspiracy...