Cinemas refused to show the film "Khodorkovsky"

Russian cinemas refused to show a documentary film by German director Cyril Carcasses "Khodorkovsky." Appointed on December 1 premiere actually broken. 19 of the 20 cinemas in Moscow decided not to show the tape. Failures have also come from St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and other cities. A film about the disgraced oligarch is willing to take only one capital cinema - "Eldar". Director of the company-owner Olga pictures Kinoclub Papernaya believes that the scandal to a tacit ban on tape before the elections to the Duma "will be released at an international level." Carcasses shot "Khodorkovsky" from 2005 to 2011. All the while, he tried unsuccessfully to get support as members of the Russian government and strongest supporters of ex-Yukos head. According to the latter, the protagonist of the film has turned out very controversial figure. The shooting took place in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chita, Strasbourg, New York, Tel Aviv and London - all cities that had relevance to the Yukos case. Premiere of "Khodorkovsky" was held at the 61st Berlin Film Festival. And on the eve of the first screening of unknown broke into and destroyed the office of the director, some film footage. However, the carcasses preserved copy of the film, which was shown at the festival February 16, 2011.