This film could have a decisive influence on the US election: “The Apprentice” is set to hit theaters before the election on November 5. One scene in particular shocked the first viewers of the film at film festivals – and puts Trump in a malicious light.
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Now the film by director Ali Abbasi has had its US premiere – it is unclear whether it will soon be released in cinemas nationwide. It was shown to the public for the first time in Cannes in May. Donald Trump’s team wants to prevent mass distribution in the USA at all costs.
Unscrupulous rise in New York – one scene is particularly controversial
The film biography shows the rise of the younger Donald Trump (now 78 years old) in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. With the help of the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, he builds up a real estate business – and becomes increasingly unscrupulous. In the end, he abandons his mentor Cohn, who is suffering from AIDS.
The film biography is not only about Trump’s poor business practices, but also shows him as a nasty person in his private life. A particularly shocking scene is said to be one in which Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) rapes his then first wife Ivana.
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Did Ivana Trump really get raped?
Ivana Trump actually claimed in a 1989 divorce affidavit that he had raped her. She later retracted this allegation. The question can no longer be definitively answered – she died in 2022 at the age of 73 after falling down the stairs.
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In any case, the Trump team wants to prevent the film from further damaging the presidential candidate’s image before the US election and is threatening legal action. The film will be prevented from being shown in US cinemas or sold in the US. In a statement, a Trump spokesman described the film as “garbage” and “pure invention”. Old lies about the politician are being exaggerated again.
