Released:
2025-05-02

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.

Director:
James Strong

Runtime:
1h 57min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Maxine Peake
  as
  Anna Politkovskaya
• 
  Ciarán Hinds
  as
  Dmitry Muratov
• 
  Jason Isaacs
  as
  Sacha
• 
  Naomi Battrick
  as
  Vera Politkovskaya
• 
  Harry Lawtey
  as
  Ilya