Words of War (2025)

05/02/2025Drama, Thriller1h 57m
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In a world silenced by fear, her truth was unstoppable.

Overview

World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence, including being poisoned. She was ultimately murdered in the elevator of her block of flats and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.

Top Billed Cast

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    Maxine Peake

    Anna Politkovskaya

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    Ciarán Hinds

    Dmitry Muratov

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    Jason Isaacs

    Sacha

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    Naomi Battrick

    Vera Politkovskaya

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    Harry Lawtey

    Ilya

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    Ellie Bamber

    Elena

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    Ben Miles

    Yuri Schekochikhin

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    Ian Hart

    Lt. Col. Egorov

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    Oliver Maltman

    Nestor

Before the barbaric Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin’s Federation conducted an equally unspeakable campaign of brutality against the people of Chechnya in its attempt to become a breakaway independent state. However, the vicious, genocidal atrocities inflicted upon the Chechan population were not widely known at the time, especially amongst Russian citizens. But one intrepid journalist sought to change that. Reporter Anna Politkovskaya (Maxine Peake), a correspondent for Novaya Gazeta, an independent newspaper founded by former Russian Head of State Mikhail Gorbachev whose...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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