Putin's Witnesses (2018)
Svideteli Putina
102 min
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.
- Release date
- June 30, 2018
- Country of origin
- Switzerland, Latvia, Czechia
- Music
- Karlis Auzans
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Trailer
Cast
- Vitaliy Manskiy as Narrator
- Boris Nemtsov as Self - Politician (voice)
- Vladimir Putin as Self
- Boris Yeltsin as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Mikhail Gorbachev as Self
- Tatjana Borissowna Jumaschewa as Self - Yeltsin's Daughter / Politician (archive footage)
- Anatoliy Chubays as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Dmitry Medvedev as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Mikhail Kasyanov as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Self - Director (archive footage)
- Tony Blair as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Natalia Manskaya as Self
Crew
- Tony Blair · Archive footage
- Anatoliy Chubays · Archive footage
- Raisa Gorbacheva · Archive footage
- Tatjana Borissowna Jumaschewa · Archive footage
- Mikhail Kasyanov · Archive footage
- Mikhail Lesin · Archive footage
- Vitaliy Manskiy · Director
- Vitaliy Manskiy · Writer
- Gabriela Bussmann · Producer
- Vít Klusák · Producer
- Natalia Manskaya · Producer
- Filip Remunda · Producer
- Karlis Auzans · Composer
- Vitaliy Manskiy · Cinematographer
- Gunta Ikere · Editor