| August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes reveal that his nerves are about to snap. Today he will be handed down a sentence to which he must submit: 20 years’ imprisonment in Siberia for terrorism. The man is Oleg Sentsov, a film director and Maidan activist born in Simferopol in the Ukraine. He is charged with leading an anti-Russian terrorist movement and having planned attacks on bridges, power lines and a monument of Lenin. Sentsov defends himself, courageously and without flinching. He responds to the verdict with an emphatic denial of his crimes and instead accuses the accusers themselves ... |
| Release Date: |
Apr 06, 2017 |
| Director: |
Askold Kurov
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| Genres: |
Documentary
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| Keywords |
wrongful imprisonment,
russian politics,
show trial
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| Production Companies |
Česká televize,
Message Film,
Marx Film
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
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| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025
Entered: May 07, 2024
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