Words of War
In a world silenced by fear, her truth was unstoppable.
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.
Cast
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
Ian Hart
Lt. Col. Egorov
Oliver Maltman
Nestor
Agni Scott
Natalya Estemirova
Sophie Simnett
Nina
Fady Elsayed
Anzor
