Details

Release year: 2024

Storyline

Award-winning journalist Peter Greste reports on the Arab Spring uprising, becoming entangled in a deadly game of rivalries. Imprisoned for seven years despite his innocence, he survives on wits alone before release in 2015.

Top credits

Directors

Kriv Stenders

Writers

Peter Duncan

Cast

Richard Roxburgh — Peter Greste
Rahel Romahn — Baher Mohamed
Julian Maroun — Mohamed Fahmy
Mojean Aria — Alaa Abd El-Fattah

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Did you know

• Director Kriv Stenders , when asked if he would be interested in directing "The Correspondent ", and if he knew about Peter Greste's story , replied that in fact not only did he know the story, he had known Peter Greste from childhood.

• Peter Greste was 48 years old when he was arrested and imprisoned in Cairo in 2013. Richard Roxburgh was 61 years old during production of this movie.