Words of War (2025)

Movie · Released · 117 min · ★ 6.7

Drama, Thriller

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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.

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Cast

Maxine PeakeAnna PolitkovskayaCiarán HindsDmitry MuratovJason IsaacsSachaNaomi BattrickVera PolitkovskayaHarry LawteyIlyaEllie BamberElenaBen MilesYuri SchekochikhinIan HartLt. Col. EgorovOliver MaltmanNestorAgni ScottNatalya EstemirovaSophie SimnettNinaFady ElsayedAnzorLorne MacFadyenLeoLujza RichterFatimaAlec NewmanMajor Popov