Screening at the Kulturscheune Eibenhof
Moderation: Katrin Sandmann
He was the world’s best-known Russian opposition figure: Alexei Navalny. Dangerously poisoned in 2020, arrested in 2021 and locked away in notorious penal camps. Navalny died in a prison camp on February 16, 2024. The film documents how Navalny became Putin’s fiercest opponent and where he stood politically.
Director Igor Sadreev had been secretly working on a film about Alexei Navalny for a long time. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he left Moscow and smuggled the extensive film material out of the country. Once he arrived in Berlin, he was able to complete the film together with his colleague, the journalist Aleksandr Urzhanov.
The two managed to convince companions, friends and critics to tell Navalny’s story from their perspective. Navalny’s story is a depressing illustration of the pitfalls and dangers of striving for political power in Russia. In a system that allows no “alternatives”, opposition politicians pay a high price.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the two directors Igor Sadreev and Aleksandr Urzhanov.