
Words of War (2025)
Released
| 1h 57m
Drama
Thriller
Overview
This is the TRUE STORY of the 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.Trailer
Crew
Director
James Strong
Executive Producer
Dean Altit
Producer
Paul Brennan
Executive Producer
Yulia Zayceva
Writer
Eric Poppen
Executive Producer
Kia Jam
Executive Producer
David Banks
Executive Producer
Richard Alan Reid
Producer
Miriam Segal
Executive Producer
Matt Robins
Military Consultant
Paul Biddiss
Editor
David Charap
Director of Photography
Mike Eley
Original Music Composer
Snorri Hallgrímsson
Producer
Kia Jam
Producer
Mark Maxey
Line Producer
Inga Zeile
Executive Producer
Marlon Vogelgesang
Executive Producer
Matthew Shreder
Executive Producer
Martin Rushton-Turner
Associate Producer
Kristin Rozum
Co-Producer
Svetlana Punte
Executive Producer
Igor Pronin
Executive Producer
Sean Penn
Casting Director
Nika Stepanova
Production Design
Crispian Sallis
Art Direction
Martins Eiduks
Supervising Art Director
Paul Ghirardani
Set Decoration
Crispian Sallis
Costume Design
Nigel Egerton
Makeup Designer
Mirna Čurak
Key Makeup Artist
Kelsey James
Unit Production Manager
Liene Bankovska
Production Supervisor
Erin Duffy
First Assistant Director
Tom Browne
First Assistant Director
Faz Buffery
Production Assistant
Conor Harrington
Second Assistant Director
Eman Kazemi
Third Assistant Director
Zagradska Natalja
Third Assistant Director
Adriana Roze
Third Assistant Director
Gatis Ungurs
Graphic Designer
Chris Barber
Art Department Coordinator
Mareks Bērents
Graphic Designer
Olga Gunderich
Set Dresser
Aksels Millers
Graphic Designer
Jekaterina Potasova
Scenic Artist
Sabine Strauberga
ADR Mixer
Nick Baldock
Sound Assistant
Richard Benny Bentham
Foley Artist
Paul Hanks
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rob Hughes
ADR Recordist
Roisin King
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Langlay-Smith
Foley Artist
Joe Morley
ADR Recordist
Tom Stringer
Foley Mixer
Simon Trundle
Foley Editor
Simon Trundle
Sound Mixer
Ian Voigt
Visual Effects Producer
Paul Driver
Visual Effects Coordinator
Annie Gordon
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gareth Repton
Stunts
Tomas Ereminas
Stunts
Jevgenij Kirilov
Stunts
Leonid Kotik
Stunt Coordinator
Stanislav Samuchov
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Ermins Baltais
Key Grip
Viktors Besaraba
First Assistant "A" Camera
Lisa Cottington
Camera Trainee
Julian Crist
Gaffer
Michael Fennelly
Lighting Technician
Janis Grundans
Aerial Director of Photography
Simon Hegarty
Digital Imaging Technician
Kārlis Jaunzems
Video Assist Operator
Marek Kondratjev
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Andris Kudors
First Assistant "B" Camera
Elvijs Menniks
Drone Operator
Gvido Puke
Grip
Alfreds Sebris
Grip
Tomass Semjonovs
Gaffer
Eduards Stefanovics
Gaffer
Martin Taylor
Grip
Marts Indriķis Zunde
Extras Casting
Tara Keenan
Casting Assistant
Aleksandrs Rokis
Casting Assistant
Zinaida Tesliuk
Costume Supervisor
Ellen Crawshaw
Location Manager
Daiga Līcīte
Location Manager
Annija Tetere
Location Manager
Inga Linda Tigase
Music Coordinator
Andri Ólafsson