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Snowden's Great Escape

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Tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to evade capture by the US. For the first time Snowden tells the story of how he managed to escape so that not to have to spend the rest of his life in an American prison.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2015-01-12

Runtime: 58 mins

Director: John Goetz, Poul-Erik Heilbuth

Writer: Poul-Erik Heilbuth, John Goetz, Christine Wiegand, Klaus Nedergaard

Spoken language: Dansk, English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Snowden's Great Escape

Production Companies: NDR, DR TV

Production Countries: Germany, Denmark

Cast

Edward Snowden

Julian Assange

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