20 Jul 2023
Iron Butterflies
This lesson in political revelation focuses on the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. A meticulous, investigative exposé that lays bare the mechanisms of Russian warfare.
Top Billed Cast
Franco Parenti Lev Trotsky
Massimo Foschi Jackson
Aleardo Ward Hansen
Lucia Catullo Alleluyeva
Ennio Balbo Lenin
Luigi Casellato Bucharin
Lino Troisi Zinoviev
Antonio Meschini Kamanev
Armando Spadaro Sverdlov
Franco Graziosi Joffe
Benedetta Valabrega Glasser
Tino Schirinzi Barzhanov
Edoardo Torricella Radek
Virginio Gazzolo Serge
Enrico Osterman Molotov
Andrea Checchi Solz
Michele Borelli agente GPU
Giulio Bosetti Narratore
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