The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
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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 ...
Status: Released
Released Date: 2017-04-06
Runtime: 75 mins
Director: Askold Kurov
Spoken language: English, Pусский, Український
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Production Companies: Message Film, Marx Film, Česká televize
Production Countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
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