Dirty Games: The Dark Side of Sports (2016)
Overview
An expedition to the dirty abyss of professional sports. The award winning investigative journalist Benjamin Best (CNN Journalist of the Year 2011) takes a global look behind the scenes at the colourful world of sports and exposes the bitter taste behind the multi-billion sports business.
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Directed By
Benjamin Best
Crew
Yannick Schmeil
Jürgen Heck
Benjamin Best
Klaus Flemming
Bishal Kalpit
Benjamin Best
Uttam Neupane
Matthias Münster
Ramon Kramer
TOP CAST
Christin Stark
Narrator (voice)
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