Words of War

Plot

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

Lorne MacFadyen

Leo

Lujza Richter

Fatima

Alec Newman

Major Popov