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.
Vitaly Mansky
Director, Writer
Vitaly Mansky
Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage)
Boris Nemtsov
Self - Politician (voice)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Boris Yeltsin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Naina Yeltsina
Self - Yeltsin's Wife (archive footage)
Tatyana Yumasheva
Self - Yeltsin's Daughter / Politician (archive footage)
Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich
Self - Putin's Teacher (archive footage)
Anatoly Chubais
Self - Politician (archive footage)
The War Room68%
Киноглаз67%
Meeting Gorbachev65%
Visions of Light70%
Red Army73%
Дворец для Путина. История самой большой взятки71%
The Unknown Known68%
The Director and the Jedi72%
Orwell: 2+2=572%
HyperNormalisation75%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside77%
Fuck64%
National Gallery73%
The Class of ‘9271%
Cover-Up71%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars63%
Padomju stāsts73%
Love, Antosha74%
