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
Sacha

Naomi Battrick
Vera Politkovskaya

Harry Lawtey
Ilya

Ellie Bamber
Elena

Ben Miles
Yuri Schekochikhin

Agni Scott
Natalya Estemirova

Sophie Simnett
Nina

Fady Elsayed
Anzor

Alec Newman
Major Popov

Lorne MacFadyen
Leo

Lujza Richter
Fatima

Tomi May
Assassin

Moe Bar-El
Mosvar Barayev

Oliver Maltman
Nestor

Anton Valensi
Captain Turgenev

Mark Maxey
Producer

Gary Oliver
Gregor

Elee Nova
Mila

Nathalie Armin
Maaret

Billy Hinchliff
Ivan

Taro Bahar
Timur

James Strong
Director

Dean Altit
Executive Producer

Paul Brennan
Producer

Yulia Zayceva
Executive Producer

Eric Poppen
Writer

Kia Jam
Executive Producer / Producer

David Banks
Executive Producer

Richard Alan Reid
Executive Producer

Miriam Segal
Producer

Matt Robins
Executive Producer

Paul Biddiss
Military Consultant

David Charap
Editor

Mike Eley
Director of Photography

Snorri Hallgrímsson
Original Music Composer

Mark Maxey
Producer

Inga Zeile
Line Producer

Marlon Vogelgesang
Executive Producer

Matthew Shreder
Executive Producer

Martin Rushton-Turner
Executive Producer

Kristin Rozum
Associate Producer

Svetlana Punte
Co-Producer

Igor Pronin
Executive Producer

Sean Penn
Executive Producer

Nika Stepanova
Casting Director

Crispian Sallis
Production Design / Set Decoration

Martins Eiduks
Art Direction

Paul Ghirardani
Supervising Art Director

Nigel Egerton
Costume Design

Mirna Čurak
Makeup Designer

Kelsey James
Key Makeup Artist

Liene Bankovska
Unit Production Manager

Erin Duffy
Production Supervisor

Tom Browne
First Assistant Director

Faz Buffery
First Assistant Director

Conor Harrington
Production Assistant

Eman Kazemi
Second Assistant Director

Zagradska Natalja
Third Assistant Director

Adriana Roze
Third Assistant Director

Gatis Ungurs
Third Assistant Director

Chris Barber
Graphic Designer

Mareks Bērents
Art Department Coordinator

Olga Gunderich
Graphic Designer

Aksels Millers
Set Dresser

Jekaterina Potasova
Graphic Designer

Sabine Strauberga
Scenic Artist

Nick Baldock
ADR Mixer

Richard Benny Bentham
Sound Assistant

Paul Hanks
Foley Artist

Rob Hughes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Roisin King
ADR Recordist

Mark Langlay-Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joe Morley
Foley Artist

Tom Stringer
ADR Recordist

Simon Trundle
Foley Mixer / Foley Editor

Ian Voigt
Sound Mixer

Paul Driver
Visual Effects Producer

Annie Gordon
Visual Effects Coordinator

Gareth Repton
Visual Effects Supervisor

Tomas Ereminas
Stunts

Jevgenij Kirilov
Stunts

Leonid Kotik
Stunts

Stanislav Samuchov
Stunt Coordinator

Ermins Baltais
Second Assistant 'B' Camera

Viktors Besaraba
Key Grip

Lisa Cottington
First Assistant 'A' Camera

Julian Crist
Camera Trainee

Michael Fennelly
Gaffer

Janis Grundans
Lighting Technician

Simon Hegarty
Aerial Director of Photography

Kārlis Jaunzems
Digital Imaging Technician

Marek Kondratjev
Video Assist Operator

Andris Kudors
Second Assistant 'A' Camera

Elvijs Menniks
First Assistant 'B' Camera

Gvido Puke
Drone Operator

Alfreds Sebris
Grip

Tomass Semjonovs
Grip

Eduards Stefanovics
Gaffer

Martin Taylor
Gaffer

Marts Indriķis Zunde
Grip

Tara Keenan
Extras Casting

Aleksandrs Rokis
Casting Assistant

Zinaida Tesliuk
Casting Assistant

Ellen Crawshaw
Costume Supervisor

Daiga Līcīte
Location Manager

Annija Tetere
Location Manager

Inga Linda Tigase
Location Manager

Andri Ólafsson
Music Coordinator
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 Alexander Politkovsky, and Ciarán Hinds as her Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor at the Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov.