Terror in Moscow

2003 NR 1h 8

Tells the terrifying inside story of what really happened during the 57-hour Moscow theatre siege carried out by Chechen gunmen in October 2002.

A year ago this month, a group of heavily armed Muslim extremists from the Russian province of Chechnya burst into a Moscow theatre during a performance and took more than 800 members of the cast and audience hostage. Playing at the theater that Wednesday night was a hit Russian musical about the Red Army in World War II, so when masked gunmen burst on stage, the audience at first thought that it was all part of the show. The moment was captured by the theater's video camera.

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Studio(s): ARTE, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Originally Released: United States on May 12, 2003

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Genres: Documentary