Sakharov (1984)

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Country: UK, USA
Genres: Biography, Drama
Release: 1984-06-20
Director: Jack Gold
Writers: David W. Rintels
Language: English
Stars: Jason Robards , Glenda Jackson , Nicol Williamson , Frank Finlay , Michael Bryant , Paul Freeman (I) , Anna Massey , Joe Melia , Lee Montague , Jim Norton
Runtime: 118 min
Awards: 4 wins & 3 nominations
AKA: Sacharov (Italy) , Sakharov , Sakharov (United Kingdom)
Plot: Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights movement to his receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Sakharov's actions first caused him to lose a senior party position, then half his salary, and finally completely being dismissed from his job and exiled to Gorky, an industrial city. When the Nobel prize is awarded, he is denied the trip to receive it. His wife was able to go there. Sakharov launched a lengthy hunger strike to protest his country's treatment of its people.
IMDB:tt0088033