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

Content: 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 ...

Countries:

Czech Republic,

Estonia,

Poland,

Russia,

Ukraine

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

75 minutes

Year:

2017

Directors:

Askold Kurov

Production companies:

Message Film,

Marx Film,

Česká televize

Actors:

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Crews:

Producer

Director of Photography

Producer

Co-Producer

Music