Underbound speeches

Polish actor Daniel Olbrysky in an open letter to Nikita Mikhalkov called on the addressee to help the release of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, sentenced to 20 years of strict regime on fabricated charges of terrorism.

The letter dated November 17 is written on the eve of the consideration of the appeal about the sentence of Sentsov and another Crimean prisoner, Alexander Kolchenko. The hearings will be held on November 24 in the Russian Supreme Court; Politsyki will participate in them from the video from the pre-trial detention center-4 of the Central Head of the FSIN in Rostov-on-Don.

Olbrysky notes that he tried to discuss Sentsov’s case with Mikhalkov before considering the case in the court of first instance, but he could not contact him. “I asked you to respond,” the letter says. “He asked your wife Tanya and your producers, and, finally, your assistant who answered your mobile phone. You did not call.”

According to the Polish actor, to insist on helping Mikhalkov gives him the right to their "almost fifty -year -old fraternal friendship." “You are not only one of the greatest directors of modern cinema,” Olbrysky emphasized. “For me you have always been a wonderful, deep and wise person. My Russian brother.”

“I urge and beg you like your Polish brother to do something,” the letter also says. “Of all, you are the closest to your president and to this matter.”

The sentence of the 39-year-old Sentsov was sentenced on August 25 by the collegium of the North Caucasus District Military Court as part of Sergey Mikhaylyuk (presiding judge), Vyacheslav Korsakov and Eduard Korobenko (

Video, responses ). The director rejected his guilt in full. The 25-year-old Kolchenko, who received 10 years of strict regime, recognized his participation in the solid heap of the Simferopol headquarters of United Russia, but categorically did not agree with his qualifications under the article on the attack.

Olbrysky repeatedly advocated Sentsov. In June 2014 andAugust 2015, among other filmmakers, he signed the appropriate appeals of the European Cinema Academy.

In March 2014, Olbrysky refused to play the main role in the play "The kidnapping of Europe", staged by the Polish theater in Moscow. The actor explained his decision with a protest against Russian aggression in Ukraine.