Words of War
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.
- Production
- BuzzFeed Studios, Good Films Collective, K. JAM Media
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Cast
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
Moe Bar-El
Mosvar Barayev
Anton Valensi
Captain Turgenev
Gary Oliver
Gregor
Elee Nova
Mila
Nathalie Armin
Maaret
Crew
- Director
- James Strong
- Writers
- Eric Poppen
- Cinematography
- Mike Eley
- Composer
- Snorri Hallgrímsson
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Brent Marchant
June 19, 2025
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 Nov…