Curveball
6.9
“A true story. Unfortunately.”
Although he already has searched Iraq unsuccessfully for weapons of mass destruction as a member of a UN mission, German bio-weapons expert Arndt Wolf is still obsessed with the idea that Saddam Hussein is hiding something. Nobody around him is interested in this topic any more. This changes abruptly when an Iraqi asylum seeker claims to have been involved in the manufacture of chemical weapons. The German Federal Intelligence Service summons Dr. Wolf to ascertain the legitimacy of the claims made by the informant, who has been given the code name “Curveball”.
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Cast
12 people
Sebastian Blomberg
Wolf
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Dar Salim
Rafid Alwan
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The Terminal List
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Virginia Kull
Leslie
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NOS4A2
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Thorsten Merten
Schatz
Known for
Babylon Berlin
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Michael Wittenborn
Retzlaff
Known for
Toni Erdmann
All Quiet on the Western Front
Franziska Brandmeier
Meg
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Perfume
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Jeff Burrell
John
Known for
Pets United
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Marcus Calvin
CIA Mann
Known for
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Mike Davies
Uniformierter
Known for
Deutschland
Who Am I
David A. Hamade
Bassam
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The Ibiza Affair
Munich
Simon Kerrison
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Gipsy Queen
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Jörg Wischnauski
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Also in
Blight of Humanity
The Golden Glove
Johannes Naber Director · Oliver Keidel Screenplay Sten Mende Cinematographer
United States release October 8, 2021 · Produced in Germany · Languages Arabic, English, German
Production
Bon Voyage Films
Production
ARRI Media
Production
SWR
Production
NDR
Production
BR
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Curveball - Wir machen die Wahrheit
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · German
Release dates
Germany · February 27, 2020
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale Special Gala)
Germany · September 9, 2021
Theatrical
United States · October 8, 2021
Limited theatrical
United States
November 21, 2020 · Premiere · Berlin & Beyond, San Francisco
Estonia
November 14, 2020 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
October 9, 2020 · Premiere · La Roche Sur Yon International Film Festival
Germany
March 10, 2022 · Digital · Download
March 17, 2022 · Digital · Video-on-Demand
March 17, 2022 · Physical · DVD
Poland
January 28, 2021 · Premiere · German Film Week
Spain
April 9, 2021 · Theatrical
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