WAR OF LIES is the story of an Iraqi refugee, whose information about portable weapons of mass destruction passed through the hands of the BND, MI6 and CIA. This information was ultimately used by the US government to legitimize the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Today we know the war was based on a lie. The press blamed Rafed Ahmed Alwan, he, though, proudly presents himself as the man who helped remove Saddam Hussein. Was Alwan really able to walk all over the world's intelligence services and how did this lie become a convenient truth?
written & directed by MATTHIAS BITTNER
producer PAUL ZISCHLER & SUSANNE MANN
associate producer LENA KRAEBER
co-producer PHILLIP KNAUS & MATTHIAS DRESCHER
director of photography JULIA SCHLINGMANN
pov - camera FERID BARAK
editor FRIEDEMANN SCHMIDT
original music PHILIPP KOBILKE
sound design FREDERIK PFEIFFER & DAVID LACKOVIC
re-recording mixer GREGOR BONSE
color grading FABIAN SPANG
title design FILMGRAFIK SVEN ZÜGE & OLLIE PETERS
a production of ZISCHLERMANN FILMPRODUKTION GMBH
in co-production with FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, FFL GMBH & CO. KG, SWR & BR
