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| In Memoriam Aleksander Litvinenko (Jos de Putter, VPRO 2007) |
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It started as a possible case of food
poisoning but within weeks turned into a grim
spectacle of enormous political proportions:
Aleksander Litvinenko, former member of the
Russian secret service, died in his place of
residence London last November, after having
been poisoned with a radioactive substance.
The search for the possible perpetrators lead
to a political difficult situation that
reminded us of the dark days of the Cold War.
Three years ago Aleksander Litvinenko told
his life story to documentary maker Jos De
Putter. It is a wild tale full of
conspiracies, assassination attempts and
imputations. Litvinenko talks about his time
with the secret service, about his experience
in Chechnya, and in particular about the
series of bomb attacks on Russian territory
that led to the seizure of power by Vladimir
Putin. According to Litvinenko those attacks
were the work of the secret service.
After Litvinenko's funeral in December 2006,
Backlight spoke to Litvinenko's widow. Marina
Litvinenko is writing a book about her
husband. The book will be published in May
2007 and the film rights have already been
sold to Columbia Pictures. In this unique
interview, she speaks about how they first
met, how they fled to England and she speaks
about Aleksander´s death agony.
We also see Litvinenko's father Walter, with
Chechen leader and Litvinenko's closest
friend Akhmed Zakayev and the prominent
Russian exile Vladmir Bukovsky, also a friend
of Litvinenko.
The result is an impressive 55-minute
portrait of a former spy whose death brought
him worldwide fame.
Directors: Jos de Putter and Masja Novikova
VPRO Backlight 2007
For more info, please visit:
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/aflev
eringen/34834898/
Tags : litvinenko putin Russia KGB FSB murder spy death chechnya Zakayev Bukovsky |
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Affichage : 22948
Durée : 3323 s |
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