Scene from the film The Moscow Trials

The Moscow Trials

Direction
Year 
2013
Country
  • Switzerland
Runtime
86min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

In the summer of 2012, when the punk activists of Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in a penal colony for their performance in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the world reacted with widespread protest rallies.Yet this was only the latest episode in a ten-year series of show trials of artists and dissidents, staged by Putin’s system to prevent any form of democratic change. Milo Rau thematises this issue by a three-day theatre show trial. A courtroom was set up, the people on stage were real-life actors: artists, politicians, church leaders, real lawyers and a real judge. A jury composed of seven Moscow citizens finally handed down their sentence – an acquittal for the artists. The film documents the project and its historical and political backgrounds

Details

  • Original Title
    The Moscow Trials
  • Direction
  • Runtime
    86 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2013
  • Country
    • Switzerland
  • Format
    • Colour

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