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.
Acting
Maxine Peake burns with righteous fury and bone-deep exhaustion.
Direction
Strong refuses to sanitize or sensationalize—just relentless truth.
Director
James Strong
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
Lorne MacFadyen
Leo
Lujza Richter
Fatima
Alec Newman
Major Popov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Politkovskaya's actual articles for Novaya Gazeta were smuggled to Western outlets because her editors feared direct publication.
The film premiered as Putin's Russia intensified crackdowns on remaining independent media, making Politkovskaya's 2006 murder feel terrifyingly present-tense.
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