Freelance journalist Jan Schulte hopes for a job at the online portal of Berlin newspaper “Die Republik” when he discovers a potential scandal. Federal minister of health Elisabeth Stade apparently helped her brother’s search for a heart transplant by moving him up the waiting list illegally. But then Schulte’s colleague Britta claims the compromising material is a fake. Editor-in-chief Weishaupt and publisher Winter refuse to run the article. As Jan keeps on digging into the scandal, investigating state secretary Katharina Pflüger and political advisor Frank Gruber, his evidence is suddenly stolen from the newspaper office, and soon a competing tabloid breaks the story...
Franziska Weisz
as Dr. Katharina Pflüger
Benno Fürmann
as Jan Schulte
Jördis Triebel
as Britta
Devid Striesow
as Frank Gruber
Ulrich Matthes
as Verleger Winter
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
as Elisabeth Stade
Oliver Masucci
as Chefredakteur Weishaupt
Mercedes Müller
as Tochter von Jan Schulte
Heike Hanold-Lynch
as Doris / Milena Kornelius
Holger Daemgen
as Präsidentensprecher
Sven Gerhardt
as Leibrand
Falk Rockstroh
as Professor Rosner
