Documentary ·History · Czech Republic · 2018 · 1h 43m

Putin's Witnesses

Свидетели Путина

Director

Cast

Vitaly Mansky as Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage) Boris Nemtsov as Self - Politician (voice) Vladimir Putin as Self - Politician (archive footage) Boris Yeltsin as Self - Politician (archive footage) Mikhail Gorbachev as Self - Politician (archive footage) Naina Yeltsina as Self - Yeltsin's Wife (archive footage)

Crew

Vitaly Mansky — Director of Photography Gunta Ikere — Editor Kārlis Auzāns — Original Music Composer Vitaly Mansky — Writer Natalia Manskaya — Producer Gabriela Bussmann — Producer

Synopsis

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.

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