Overview - Words of War

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Thriller

Runtime: 117 minutes

Homepage: Words of War

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: BuzzFeed Studios

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Good Films Collective

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: K. JAM Media

    Production country United States of America

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: 0.7617

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  • Name: Ciarán Hinds

    Character: Dmitry Muratov

    Popularity: 3.4214

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  • Name: Jason Isaacs

    Character: Sacha

    Popularity: 3.4075

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  • Name: Naomi Battrick

    Character: Vera Politkovskaya

    Popularity: 0.9996

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  • Name: Harry Lawtey

    Character: Ilya

    Popularity: 0.9721

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  • Name: Ellie Bamber

    Character: Elena

    Popularity: 0.709

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  • Name: Ben Miles

    Character: Yuri Schekochikhin

    Popularity: 1.3393

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  • Name: Ian Hart

    Character: Lt. Col. Egorov

    Popularity: 1.297

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