The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

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

Directed by Askold Kurov

Documentary · 1h 15m

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 ...

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Cast

Crew

Director
Askold Kurov
Director of Photography
Askold Kurov
Editor
Michał Leszczyłowski
Producer
Violetta Kamińska, Max Tuula, Izabela Wójcik, Maria Gavrilova, Dariusz Jabłoński

Details

Release date
2017-04-06
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Countries
Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Production
Message Film, Marx Film, Česká televize