When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.

Based on the novel The ghost by Robert Harris. Videodisc release of the 2010 motion picture. Special features: an interview with Roman Polanski; the cast of The ghost writer; The ghost writer: fiction or reality.