Words of War
Plot.
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 & Crew.

Maxine Peake
Anna Politkovskaya

Ciarán Hinds
Dmitry Muratov

Jason Isaacs
Alexander Politkovskiy

Naomi Battrick
Vera Politkovskaya

Harry Lawtey

Ellie Bamber

James Strong
Director

Eric Poppen
Writer

Agni Scott
Natalya Estemirova

Nathalie Armin
Maaret

Dean Altit
Executive Producer

David Banks
Executive Producer

Ben Miles
Yuri Schekochikhin

Alec Newman
Major Popov

Paul Brennan
Producer

Kia Jam
Executive Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Words of War is an upcoming biographical film about the late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Directed by James Strong, it is set to star Maxine Peake as Politkovskaya, Jason Isaacs as her husband Sascha, and Ciarán Hinds as her Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor at the Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov.