Putin's Witnesses (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.
- Released
- 2018-11-08
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Vitaly Mansky
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 45 votes
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)
- 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)