The Rise of Wagner
7.1
Season 1
61 min
S1 · E1 · Jun 6, 2023
Episode 1 Episode 1
52 min
S1 · E2 · Jun 6, 2023
Episode 2 Episode 2
2 episodes in Season 1
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This suspenseful documentary thriller tells the story of the fearless Russian journalists, who risked their lives investigating civilian deaths in Syria and the Central African Republic and revealed to the world through it the existence of a dangerous group of mercenaries in charge of the Kremlin's clandestine operations. Helped by international investigators they could expose Putin’s clandestine militia. Following their fight for the truth alongside the reports of human rights defenders, the documentary discovers how this secret militia became the infamous shadowy army known as Wagner Group and the rise of its powerful leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Cast
28 people
Marat Gabidullin
Self - Interviewee
Dmitri Mourativ
Self - Interviewee
Denis Korotkov
Self - Interviewee
Lilia Yapparova
Self - Interviewee
Alain Barluet
Self - Interviewee
Sorcha MacLeod
Self - Interviewee
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Self - Interviewee
Mazen Darwish
Self - Interviewee
Jelena Aparac
Self - Interviewee
Ilya Barabanov
Self - Interviewee
Andrei Konyakhin
Self - Interviewee
Andrey Zakharov
Self - Interviewee
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Benoît Bringer Director · Clément Tery Composer Océanne Skarica Cinematographer
Total runtime 1h 54m · Episode length 57 min · Type Documentary
Show info
Premiered
June 6, 2023
Status
Ended
Network
ARTE
Country
France
Type
Documentary
Episode length
57 min
Total runtime
1h 54m
Original language
French
Production
Forbidden Films
Production
Mediawan
Production
ARTE
Production
CNC
Production
PROCIREP
Production
ANGOA
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Wagner, les mercenaires de la Russie
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian
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