A Most Wanted Man (Closing Film)

Produced in 2014

Film Information

Festival Edition 2014 - Edition 14

Section Panorama

Director Anton Corbijn

Country UK / USA / Germany

Duration 122 min

Language English / Arabic

Category Panorama 2014

Producer Andrea Calderwood, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan

Screenplay Andrew Bovell

Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Homayoun Ershadi, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl, Nina Hoss, Robin Wright

Genre Thriller / Drama

Synopsis

Issa Karpov, a refugee from Chechnya, enters Hamburg, Germany, illegally. Günther Bachmann, a German espionage agent, leads a team that seeks to develop intelligence from the local Muslim community. The team learns of Karpov's presence from CCTV footage and confirms from Russian intelligence that he is considered to be an extremely dangerous terrorist. The team also tracks the activities of local Muslim philanthropist Dr. Abdullah, who is believed to be funnelling funds to terrorist activities, though the team is unable to prove this.