Putin's Witnesses
08/11/2018
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.
Movie Information
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)
Tatyana Yumasheva
as Self - Yeltsin's Daughter / Politician (archive footage)
Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich
as Self - Putin's Teacher (archive footage)
Anatoly Chubais
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Dmitry Medvedev
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Elena Okulova
as Self - Yeltsin's Daughter (archive footage)
Gleb Pavlovsky
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ivan Okulov
as Self - Yeltsin's Grandson (archive footage)
Ksenia Ponomaryova
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Lyudmila Putina
as Self - Putin's Wife (archive footage)
Mikhail Kasyanov
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Lesin
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nikita Mikhalkov
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Tony Blair
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Valentin Yumashev
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladislav Surkov
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
