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 ...
Directing | Askold Kurov | Director |
Sound | Sorin Apostol | Music |
Camera | Askold Kurov | Director of Photography |
Production | Max Tuula | Producer |
Production | Maria Gavrilova | Producer |
Production | Dariusz Jabłoński | Producer |
Production | Izabela Wójcik | Producer |
Production | Violetta Kamińska | Producer |
Production | Alena Müllerová | Co-Producer |
Editing | Michał Leszczyłowski | Editor |