Putin's Witnesses

2018

Russian

7.0

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83%

christmas reunion

Documentary

documentary filmmaking

presidential election

rise to power

russian history

vladimir putin

Vitaliy Manskiy Director

Vladimir Putin as Self

Mikhail Gorbachev as Self

Dmitry Medvedev as Self

Ksenya Ponamarowa as Self

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.