"No backstabbing. Just business."

2013

1h 41m

5.2(464 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Mystery

Overview

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Rachel McAdams

Christine Stanford

Noomi Rapace

Isabelle James

Karoline Herfurth

Dani Wirth

Paul Anderson

Dirk Harriman

Dominic Raacke

J.J. Koch

Rainer Bock

Inspector Bach

Benjamin Sadler

Prosecutor

Michael Rotschopf

Attorney Isabelle

Max Urlacher

Rolf

Jörg Pintsch

Mark

Creative team

Directed by: Brian De Palma
Written by: Brian De Palma
Produced by: Saïd Ben Saïd

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