The Commissioner (1998)

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Country: Belgium, France, Germany, UK, USA
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1998-02-22
Director: George Sluizer
Writers: Christina Kallas , George Sluizer , Stanley Johnson
Language: English
Stars: John Hurt , Rosana Pastor , Alice Krige , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Johan Leysen , Simon Chandler , David Morrissey , James Faulkner , Alan MacNaughtan , Bill Bolender
Runtime: 108 min
Awards: 3 nominations
AKA: Kommissionären (Sweden) , The Commissioner , Der Commissioner (Germany) , The Commissioner (Belgium) , Komissaari (Finland) , O Comissário (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Le commissaire (Canada) , The Commissioner (United Kingdom) , Der Commissioner - Im Zentrum der Macht (Germany) , The Commissioner (United States of America) , O Representante (Brazil) , Komisarz (Poland) , A főbiztos (Hungary)
Plot: An out-of-favor British politician is sent to Brussels as the new European Commissioner for Industry. He is made aware of a web of political and industrial corruption through a series of anonymous letters. Despite his own history of political expediency, the Commissioner rises to the moral challenge, and faces off with the evil forces responsible.
IMDB:tt0120640