Overview - Words of War

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.

Cast

• Name: Maxine Peake

  Character: Anna Politkovskaya

  Popularity: 2.1545

  

• Name: Ciarán Hinds

  Character: Dmitry Muratov

  Popularity: 6.0793

  

• Name: Jason Isaacs

  Character: Sacha

  Popularity: 5.0813

  

• Name: Naomi Battrick

  Character: Vera Politkovskaya

  Popularity: 1.3385

  

• Name: Harry Lawtey

  Character: Ilya

  Popularity: 1.5084

  

• Name: Ellie Bamber

  Character: Elena

  Popularity: 1.595

  

• Name: Ben Miles

  Character: Yuri Schekochikhin

  Popularity: 2.0864

  

• Name: Ian Hart

  Character: Lt. Col. Egorov

  Popularity: 2.5098