There was no Soviet actor who could claim a greater popularity than Raikin. He was allowed the impossible: to be a satirist. Even during the height of government approved Anti-Semitism, Raikin was a figure to be reckoned with. He was known and beloved by all, his razor-sharp wit admired - and feared. In fact, president Putin met his future wife at a Raikin show. The film follows Raikin to his shows, on stage, and backstage, during rehearsals, at rest, and during conversations with his friends, including legendary Soviet jazz singer Leonid Utesov, film director Yuli Raizman, the poet Bella Ahmadullina, and the American film director George Kukor.
Marina Goldovskaya
Director, Writer
Arkadiy Raykin
Self
Bella Akhmadulina
Self
Georgi Tovstonogov
Self
Konstantin Raykin
Self
Mikhail Ulyanov
Self
Yekaterina Rajkina
Self
Leonid Utyosov
Self
George Cukor
Self
Viktoriya Gorshenina
Self
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
Sherman's March67%
Public Speaking70%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Love, Antosha74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
McQueen74%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Night Will Fall76%
180° South72%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Extremis69%
Being James Bond77%
Room 23761%
My Mom Jayne80%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
