Als de jonge en idealistische Michael zijn droombaan bij de Verenigde Naties krijgt, komt hij al snel met het olie-voor-voedselprogramma in aanraking. Hij leert de fijne kneepjes van Pasha, een doorgewinterde diplomaat met een groot ego.
Nee, helaas is Backstabbing for Beginners nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
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| Production | Lars Knudsen | Producer |
| Production | Gregory P. Shockro | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Gingras | Executive Producer |
| Art | Niels Sejer | Production Design |
| Art | Mohamed Rakaa | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Niklas Skarp | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Robert Ogden Barnum | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dagur Kári | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen | Producer |
| Production | Adam Skomorowski | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ethan Lazar | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ole Christian Madsen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephen Bowen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrew Corkin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mike Landry | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lone Scherfig | Executive Producer |
| Art | Mary Kirkland | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bouchra Sakhi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kristoffer Salting | Sound Editor |
| Production | Malene Blenkov | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Haig Petrus | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hayat Ouled Dahhou | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Michael Soussan | Novel |
| Production | Mark Slone | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Morten Giese | Editor |
| Editing | Janus Billeskov Jansen | Editor |
| Editing | Susan Shipton | Editor |
| Art | Abdellah Baadil | Art Direction |
| Production | Jay Van Hoy | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Viot | Makeup Department Head |
| Visual Effects | Alexander Schepelern | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Brendan Steacy | Director of Photography |
| Production | Daniel Bekerman | Producer |
| Art | Monica Sallustio | Art Direction |
| Directing | Per Fly | Director |
| Writing | Per Fly | Screenplay |
| Writing | Daniel Pyne | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Secord | Costume Design |
| Sound | Todor Kobakov | Music |
| Production | Alex Scharfman | Production Executive |
