Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Oct 7, 2012

1h 29m

★ 6.3

Overview

In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian Assange and two friends formed a group called the International Subversives. Using early home computers and defining themselves as white hat hackers - those who look but don’t steal – they broke into some of the world’s most powerful and secretive organisations. In the eyes of the US Government, they were a major threat to national security.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Film Victoria

Screen Australia

Underground: The Julian Assange Story Trailers

Cast

Prime Suspect

Callan McAuliffe

Ken Roberts

Anthony LaPaglia

Julian Assange

Alex Williams

Electra

Laura Wheelwright

Christine Assange

Rachel Griffiths

Matthew Stewart

Nick Mitchell

Security Guard

Jeffery Richards

Trax

Jordan Raskopoulos

Jonah

Benedict Samuel

Fred

Doug Bowles

Wayne

Daniel Frederiksen

Young Julian Assange

Ben Keller

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