Martin Behrens is a Middle East expert for the German intelligence agency BND. He obtains information leading to a U.S. drone strike on a wanted terrorist in Zahiristan. A few days later, there's a terrorist attack on a restaurant – the video claiming responsibility calls it payback for the drone strike. Freelance journalist Aurice, with whom Martin was having an affair, is among the victims – she was investigating corruption at the heart of the BND. Martin soon has to realize that in a world where big corporations profit from arms deals as well as from homeland security contracts, good and evil are sometimes hard to tell apart.
Acting
Zehrfeld's slow-burn descent from confident to shattered.
Writing
Ruthless unmasking of privatized war and security profits.
Director
Philipp Leinemann
Ronald Zehrfeld
Martin Behrens
Alexander Fehling
Patrick Lemke
Claudia Michelsen
Dr. Aline Schilling
Antje Traue
Aurice Köhler
Axel Prahl
Dr. Joachim Rauhweiler
August Zirner
Dr. Grünhagen
Katharina Lorenz
Lucia Wendtland
Thomas Loibl
Gruber
Walter Kreye
Dr. Vossmeier
Thomas Thieme
Hubert
Urs Rechn
Arne
Mohammad-Ali Behboudi
Jafar
Timo Fakhravar
Mujdat
Norman Hacker
Sachner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's fictional Zahiristan mirrors real U.S. drone operations in Pakistan and Yemen, where civilian casualties were systematically underreported.
Released during Germany's debate on military drone procurement, the film sparked actual Bundestag discussions on privatized warfare oversight.
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