Words of War (2025)

Directed by

James Strong

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

16

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical drama about Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The film follows her work as a reporter covering conflict in Chechnya and her confrontations with authorities.

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What happens

Words of War is a 2025 biographical drama film about the late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Directed by James Strong, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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