Citizen K

Citizen K
6.4

Citizen K

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Directed by: Alex Gibney

Overview

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.

Reviews (3)

  • Stephen Campbell (Rated: 6)

    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, 200...

  • SWITCH. (Rated: 8)

    '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 ...

  • devital (Rated: 2)

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

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