Born to Fake
In 1996, one of the biggest media scandals in German history shook the public: Michael Born, a self-made journalist, had faked over twenty reports for the newly established private television station between 1990 and 1996. Some seemed amateurish, others dealt with absurd topics: child labor for IKEA in India, drug addicts licking toads to get high, and the Ku Klux Klan in the Eifel region were just some of his numerous fabrications. How did it come to this? Was Michael Born an enlightened figure who subversively exposed the tabloid system, a victim of the system, or simply a bumbling fraud? Film traces Michael Born's footsteps. Put together from hundreds of hours of raw material and the memories of former companions, an incredible story of forgery emerges. A media-theoretical film about levels of reality, fake news, and the question: Why do we actually believe what we see?
Year: 2026
Genre: Documentary
Studio: MSZ Production and Consulting, SWR
Director: Erec Brehmer, Benjamin Rost
Cast: Michael Born, Roland Berger, Martin Lettmayer, Dr. Gabriele Schuster, Thomas Pritzl
Crew: Erec Brehmer (Director), Benjamin Rost (Director), Benjamin Rost (Author), Erec Brehmer (Author), Mark Szilágyi (Producer), Pius Neumaier (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 92 minutes
Release: May 28, 2026
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : journalism, skandalpresse, scandal, fake news, dokumentation, dokumentarfilm, michael born
Similar Movies
Recomendation Movies
