Directed by:
Cyril TuschiCinematography:
Eugen SchlegelCast:
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jean-Marc Barr, George W. Bush (a.f.), Boris Yeltsin (a.f.), Andrey VasilevPlots(1)
For many young Russians, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of oil giant Yukos, is someone who stole a lot of money from their country. Others see him as martyr, who stood in President Vladimir Putin's way and was therefore "removed" for political reasons to a Siberian jail, where his sentence was recently extended by another six years in what was most probably a trumped-up trial. But why did Russia's richest man return to the country from abroad when he had been given clear signals that he would be arrested and convicted? This was the question that was the genesis of this sophisticated filmic portrait of Mikhail Khodorkovsky by Cyril Tuschi. He takes an investigative approach and uses black-and-white animated sequences to examine the circumstances surrounding the entire case, and even succeeds in recording a short interview with Khodorkovsky himself (the only one he has given during his imprisonment and court hearings). By way of interviews with family members, colleagues and politicians, the filmmaker tries to ascertain the real reasons behind Khodorkovsky's detention. (One World)
(more)Cast
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Soviet Union
Jean-Marc Barr
West Germany
Best movies:
The Best of Blur (2000) (video compilation)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
The Big Blue (1988)
George W. Bush (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020) - a.f.
Die Hard 4 (2007) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
Boris Yeltsin (a.f.)
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Enya: The Video Collection (2001) (music video) - a.f.
The Balkan Line (2019) - a.f.
The Jackal (1997)
Andrey Vasilev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Generation P (2011)