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The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 15M

Director : Askold Kurov

Synopsis

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 ...

Actors

Oleh Sentsov
Oleh Sentsov
Self
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Self
Victor Yanukovich
Victor Yanukovich
Self
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Self
Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland
Self
Jos Stelling
Jos Stelling
Self
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Zanussi
Self
Marina Razbezhkina
Marina Razbezhkina
Self

Crews

Askold Kurov
Askold Kurov
Director
Sorin Apostol
Sorin Apostol
Music
Askold Kurov
Askold Kurov
Director of Photography
Max Tuula
Max Tuula
Producer
Maria Gavrilova
Maria Gavrilova
Producer
Dariusz Jabłoński
Dariusz Jabłoński
Producer
Izabela Wójcik
Izabela Wójcik
Producer
Violetta Kamińska
Violetta Kamińska
Producer
Alena Müllerová
Alena Müllerová
Co-Producer
Michał Leszczyłowski
Michał Leszczyłowski
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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