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Citizen K

Citizen K

Oligarch. Prisoner. Dissident.

2019•2h 6m•6.7/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.7/10(30)

The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

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Production

Jigsaw Productions, Passion Pictures, Storyteller Productions

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Self

Leonid Nevzlin

Leonid Nevzlin

Self

Boris Berezovsky

Boris Berezovsky

Self

Igor Malashenko

Self

Anton Drel

Self

Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny

Self

Tatyana Lysova

Self

Maria Logan

Self

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

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