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Truth & Treason

Truth & Treason

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Truth & Treason

"His defiance will never be silenced."

2025

2h 1m

8.0(74 votes)

History

Drama

Thriller

Overview

When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.

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Angel Studios

Kaleidoscope Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ewan Horrocks

Ewan Horrocks

Helmuth Hübener

Rupert Evans

Rupert Evans

Erwin Mussener

Ferdinand McKay

Ferdinand McKay

Karl-Heinz Schnibbe

Daf Thomas

Daf Thomas

Rudi Wobbe

Nye Occomore

Solomon Schwarz

Joanna Christie

Joanna Christie

Emma Hübener

Sean Mahon

Sean Mahon

Hugo Hübener

Sylvie Varcoe

Sylvie Varcoe

Elli Kluge

Benjamin Dilloway

Benjamin Dilloway

Julius Wangemann

Daniel Betts

Daniel Betts

Arthur Zander

Creative team

Directed by: Matt Whitaker
Written by: Matt Whitaker
Ethan Vincent
Produced by: Matt Whitaker
John Foss

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