Citizen K

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    126 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2019
  • |
    • Countries
    United Kingdom, United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Russian
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Alex Gibney
WRITTEN BY:
Alex Gibney
CAST INCLUDES:
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney crafts "a stunning must-see" (The Times) with CITIZEN K, an Official Selection of the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Rated an incredible 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, it centers on 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.

SYNOPSIS

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wealthy man in Russia, rocketed to prosperity in the 1990s and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

Citizen K

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    126 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2019
  • |
    • Countries
    United Kingdom, United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Russian
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Alex Gibney
WRITTEN BY
Alex Gibney
CAST INCLUDES
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin
Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney crafts "a stunning must-see" (The Times) with CITIZEN K, an Official Selection of the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Rated an incredible 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, it centers on 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.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wealthy man in Russia, rocketed to prosperity in the 1990s and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

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