Words of War (2025)
In a world silenced by fear, her truth was unstoppable.
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.
- Date of release
- 2025-05-02
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (35)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- James Strong
Casting
- Maxine Peake — Anna Politkovskaya
- Ciarán Hinds — Dmitry Muratov
- Jason Isaacs — Sacha
- Naomi Battrick — Vera Politkovskaya
- Harry Lawtey — Ilya
- Ellie Bamber — Elena
- Ben Miles — Yuri Schekochikhin
- Ian Hart — Lt. Col. Egorov
- Oliver Maltman — Nestor
- Agni Scott — Natalya Estemirova
- Sophie Simnett — Nina
- Fady Elsayed — Anzor
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