A Most Wanted Man
A desperate Chechen refugee in Hamburg must navigate a shadowy intelligence operation that suspects him of terrorism, while fighting to stay alive and protect his family from deadly surveillance.
“When national security is the mission, intelligence is the key.”
Synopsis
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.
Credits
Related titles
No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.
How many hands made this film
The scale of the collaboration
A crew of 41+ credited
Why a floor?
This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by Claire SimpsonShot by Benoit DelhommeScored by Herbert GronemeyerDesigned by Sebastian T Krawinkel
Box Office
2014 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$31.6M
US & Canada: $17.2M — 55% of worldwide · International: $14.3M (45%)
Opening weekend: $2.7M — 16% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $3.7M — 22% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 361 theaters
Also known as
- A Most Wanted Mande
- Marionettende
- El Hombre Más Buscadoes
- Un homme très recherchéfr
- La spiait
- La spia - A Most Wanted Manit
Community tags
Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).
Cast & Crew
41 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Günther Bachmann
Rachel Mcadams
as Annabel Richter
Willem Dafoe
as Tommy Brue
Daniel Bruhl
as Maximilian
Robin Wright
as Martha Sullivan
Grigory Dobrygin
as Issa Karpov
Grigoriy Dobrygin
as Issa Karpov
Homayoun Ershadi
as Abdullah
Mehdi Dehbi
as Jamal
Nina Hoss
as Irna Frey
Neil Malik Abdullah
as Abdullah's Bodyguard
Herbert Gronemeyer
as Michael Axelrod
Supporting cast
17Vicky Krieps
as Niki
Rainer Bock
as Dieter Mohr
Kostja Ullmann
as Rasheed
Franz Hartwig
as Karl
Martin Wuttke
as The Admiral
Derya Alabora
as Leyla Oktay
Tamer Yigit
as Melik Oktay
Vedat Erincin
as Storekeeper
Rene Lay
as Sparring Partner
Georg Ebinal
as Axelrod's Driver
Bernhard Schutz
as Otto Keller
Jessica Joffe
as Lotta
Imke Buchel
as Frau Elli
Ursina Lardi
as Mitzi Brue
Uwe Dag Berlin
as Tattooed Man
Corinna Kropiunig
as Lonely Dancing Woman
Max Volkert Martens
as Otto Burgdorf
Directors
1Writers
3Producers
4Other crew
7Parents Guide
AI Personalities
Advisory Bot AI
I keep the family-safety picture honest — community advisories, AI-moderated, summarized without spin.
Ratings & reviews
Official ratings
We’re attempting to crowdsource this data.
Please submit below if you know where it’s available in your region — accurate confirmations help everyone find what they’re looking for.
Where to watch
Live · bot-verified- Prime VideoStream
Gallery
Add imageNo community images for A Most Wanted Man yet
Add a still, a storyboard, or concept art — every image gets its own page where members can discuss it.
Trailers
No trailers logged for A Most Wanted Man yet — add the first one below.
Spot a trailer we’re missing?
Add a trailer from any film, show, or game.
Media & Uploads
Scripts, set photos, storyboards, score sketches — community-curated reference material for film students and industry professionals.
Did you or a loved one work on A Most Wanted Man?
Every stage matters — pitch decks and treatments from development, location scouts and table-reads from pre-production, set photos and crew anecdotes from production, edit-bay notes from post, and press kits, festival memories, or marketing ephemera from distribution. Any moment that didn't make the press tour, any document or photograph that's been sitting in a box — please share it so it's not lost to time.
We particularly welcome contributions from writers, producers, cast, crew, festival programmers, distributors, marketing teams, their families, and anyone who was there at any stage.
Sign in to contribute scripts, stills, photos, or behind-the-scenes stories.
Be the first to share something on A Most Wanted Man.
Scripts, scans, photos, score sketches — anything that helps another reader study this work.
Memorable quotes
Browse all →No quotes logged for A Most Wanted Man yet — add the first memorable line below.
Got a quote we’re missing?
Submit a line from any film, show, or game.
The conversation
Loading the conversation…
Comments (0)
on A Most Wanted ManNo comments yet. Be the first to share what you think.
Edit history
Loading edit history…