The Magnitsky Act. Behind the Scenes

Jun 25 2016 N/A 2h 32m
Documentary

What started as a drama about a Russian police plot to steal a billion dollars from a US financier and to murder his faithful tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, has become a real life investigation of contradicting versions of the crime.

Plot

What started as a docu-drama about a Russian police plot to steal a billion dollars from a US financier and to murder his faithful tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, became an investigation of a massive hoax and an unprecedented international cover-up.The Magnitsky Case in the version of the financier Bill Browder became the basis for laws and sanctions targeting Russian police and other officials, and for the claims that Putin personally had received a share of the millions looted from the Russian people. The film's director and a Kremlin critic, Andrei Nekrasov discovers that a narrative defining Western Russia policies is riddled with falsehooods.

Written by

Torstein Grude, Andrey Nekrasov

Directed by

Andrey Nekrasov

Production Countries

Norway, Germany, Finland

Production Companies

Piraya Film A/S, ARTE, ZDF

Languages

English, Français, Deutsch

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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