Putin's Witnesses (2018)
November 8, 2018
Documentary, History
1h 43m
![Poster for Putin's Witnesses](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zvrk4IK00pMqrzusZr9SBBmd08a.jpg)
![Backdrop for Putin's Witnesses](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/pQQAmsRCoFZXsJYC68NKLD8Gp5Q.jpg)
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Vitaly Mansky
- Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage) Vitaly Mansky
- Self - Politician (voice) Boris Nemtsov
- Self - Politician (archive footage) Vladimir Putin
- Self - Politician (archive footage) Boris Yeltsin
- Self - Politician (archive footage) Mikhail Gorbachev
- Self - Yeltsin's Wife (archive footage) Naina Yeltsina
- Self - Politician (archive footage) Anatoly Chubais
- Self - Politician (archive footage) Dmitry Medvedev
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Keywords
- presidential election
- rise to power
- russian history
- documentary filmmaking
- christmas reunion
- vladimir putin
- 1990s
- celebrity interview
- political documentary
- 2000s
- russian federation
- boris yeltsin