A disgraced British politician is appointed European Commissioner for Industry and sent to Brussels. There, thanks to anonymous letters, he discovers the existence of a vast network of political and industrial corruption. Although his past is marked by dubious compromises, he decides to take up the challenge of opposing the dark forces responsible for these practices.
Produced with the support of Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Lower Saxony Film Fund, Filmstiftung NRW, FilmFund Hamburg, German Federal Filmboard and Eurimages, with the participation of Canal+. Developed with the support of Filmstiftung NRW, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmfund Hamburg, The European Coproduction Fund and The European Script Fund. Produced with the support of Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, NDR Film Fund of Lower Saxony, Filmstiftung NRW, Filmfund Hamburg, German Federal Filmboard and Eurimages.
Director: Georges Sluizer
Cast: John Hurt, Rosana Pastor, Alice Krige, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Johan Leysen, Simon Chandler, David Morissey, James Faulkner, Alan Mac Naughtan
Screenplay: Christina Kallas, George Sluizer
Music : Loek Dikker
Producer(s) : Christina Kallas, Luciano Gloor, based on the short story "The Commissioner" by Stanley Johnson
Co-producer(s) : Hubert Toint, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson, Jacqueline Pierreux
Executive producer(s) : George Reinhart
Director of photography: Bruno de Keyzer
Casting: Melanie Dicks
Artistic director: Roland Wimmer
Costumes : Jany Temime
Make-up: Tory Wright
Live sound: Wolfgang Wirtz
Image editing: Denise Vindevogel
Paris International Environmental Film Festival, 1998: Best Fiction Award
Official Selection Berlin Festival, 1998
