Khodorkovsky

Released Nov 30, 2011

1h 51m

Documentary

Biography

Drama

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90%

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29 Reviews

71%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Wealthy oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky winds up in prison after publicly accusing Russia's President Putin of corruption.

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

Tuschi has a sharp sense of tempo and shot composition, and he obviously knows how to ask questions, because he gets good answers.

Jun 19, 2013

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Patrick Peters

Empire Magazine

A documentary that takes fewer prisoners than Putin's KGB, Tuschi's study of Russian power politics is smart, scary and sobering.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 2, 2012

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Paul M. Bradshaw

Little White Lies

Tuschi paints a complex portrait of corrupted power.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 2, 2012

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Isabel Stevens

ViewLondon

Frank and revealing.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2018

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

It may be fuzzy around its edges, but inside it's hard as steel.

Mar 12, 2012

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

As Tuschi's film digs deeper, it seems to offer less information. Clearly, many people have been, and still are, affected by this phantom of a subject. This story is not over.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 9, 2012

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Audience Member

People like to paint this guy as having an ambiguous nature but first and foremost he's a man who commands and deserves utter respect for standing up for his principles in the face of Putin's gangster state. There is no alternative narrative to a man who chose prison over a simple life of luxury that was readily available to him. Khodorkovsky is championing an idea and an idea is more powerful than any actions that a small minded man like Putin can ever take.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

I was very interested in the subject matter but the pace and delivery of this documentary was arduous. I didn't get to the end.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

Over stylised but gripping none the less

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Great documentary about a billionaire and Russia

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Curiuos and interesting documentary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Endlessly fascinating. Brave, brilliant & determined filmmaking. Russia - what a country!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Cyril Tuschi

Director

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Actor

Joschka Fischer

Actor

Anatoliy Chubays

Actor

Andrei V. Vasilyev

Actor

Jean-Marc Barr

Narrator

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Synopsis

Wealthy oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky winds up in prison after publicly accusing Russia's President Putin of corruption.

Director: Cyril Tuschi
Producer: Claudia Gatzke
Screenwriter: Cyril Tuschi
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: LaLa Films!, LE Vision Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 30, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.6K
Runtime: 1h 51m