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Putin's Witnesses

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Putin's Witnesses

Nov 8, 2018

1h 43m

★ 6.3

Overview

Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Vertov

GoldenEggProduction

Hypermarket Film

ZDF

RTS

SRG SSR

Česká televize

ARTE

Latvijas Televizija

Putin's Witnesses Trailers

Cast

Vitaly Mansky

Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage)

Vitaly Mansky

Boris Nemtsov

Self - Politician (voice)

Boris Nemtsov

Vladimir Putin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Boris Yeltsin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Naina Yeltsina

Self - Yeltsin's Wife (archive footage)

Naina Yeltsina

Tatyana Yumasheva

Self - Yeltsin's Daughter / Politician (archive footage)

Tatyana Yumasheva

No Image

Self - Putin's Teacher (archive footage)

Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich

Anatoly Chubais

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Anatoly Chubais

Dmitry Medvedev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Dmitry Medvedev

No Image

Self - Yeltsin's Daughter (archive footage)

Elena Okulova

Gleb Pavlovsky

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Gleb Pavlovsky

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