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Citizen K (2019)

"Oligarch. Prisoner. Dissident."

6.5/10 2h 6m Dec 13, 2019
Documentary

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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Movie Details

Original Title Гражданин Х
Original Language RU
Revenue $148,341
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Self
Popularity: 1.0
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Leonid Nevzlin
Self
Popularity: 0.7
Boris Berezovsky
Boris Berezovsky
Self
Popularity: 1.3
No Photo" alt="Igor Malashenko" class="cast-photo">
Igor Malashenko
Self
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Anton Drel" class="cast-photo">
Anton Drel
Self
Popularity: 0.1
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Self
Popularity: 0.5
No Photo" alt="Tatyana Lysova" class="cast-photo">
Tatyana Lysova
Self
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Maria Logan" class="cast-photo">
Maria Logan
Self
Popularity: 0.1
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.9
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.4
Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Director Alex Gibney
Producer Alex Gibney, John Battsek, Ted Hope
Executive Producer John-Paul Bernbach, Andrew Ruhemann, Stacey Offman
Screenplay Alex Gibney
Editor Michael J. Palmer

Production

Jigsaw Productions
US
Passion Pictures
GB
Storyteller Productions
GB

Videos & Trailers

Citizen K | Official Trailer
Citizen K | Official Trailer
Trailer
CITIZEN K Clip | TIFF 2019
CITIZEN K Clip | TIFF 2019
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Keywords

investigative journalism vladimir putin soviet spy oligarchy semi-biographical russian oligarch secret investigation

Reviews from TMDB

Stephen Campbell 6/10
Jan 2, 2020

_**Factually comprehensive but suffers from an over-idealisation of its subject**_ >_I am not hiding and I don't plan to become a political émigré. If it's a choice of forcing me out of the country or putting me in gaol, then they'll have to put me in gaol._ - Mikhail Khodorkovsky (July 3, 2 ... Read more

SWITCH. 8/10
Mar 3, 2020

'Citizen K' makes an interesting companion piece to Herzog's 'Meeting Gorbachev', which captured the promise of 1989 and mourned what came next. Gibney's documentary is essential viewing for anyone needing a history lesson about Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, wants a frontline report on ... Read more

devital 2/10
May 19, 2020

Western propaganda from the pen of a smug self-made man who tries to mitigate his moral failings.

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Release Date December 13, 2019
Runtime 2h 6m
Revenue $148,341
Language RU
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
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