Manipulation (DVD)

Zurich, 1956: 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 (Klaus Maria Brandauer) 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) have them made in the first place? In a relentless game of cat and mouse with the manipulative inventor of stories, Dr Harry Wind, Rappold realises that he himself is part of a conspiracy...