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6. Juli 2018 · It’s hard to imagine “Putin’s Witnesses” seeing the light of day in Russia, where state suppression of news and media is at crisis point. Today, the idea of a filmmaker like Mansky, now ...
22. Nov. 2018 · Putin’s Witnesses raises pertinent questions about the role of the documentarist and the purpose of the footage collected, which acquires an entirely different dimension as time passes – particularly when the film in question is a political one. Vitaly Mansky sums it up: “This is the price I had to pay for naively assuming I was merely a witness”. He recognises that he too is ...
The events of the film begin on 31 December 1999 when Russia was acquainted with its new President Vladimir Putin. The film is based on unique and strictly documentary testimonies of the true causes and consequences of the operation “Successor”, as a result of which Russia ended up with the President who still rules the country. The protagonists of the film are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris ...
Putin's Witnesses. Latvia / Switzerland / Czech Republic, June 2018 FILM, Documentary, 102 min. Save as Favorite directed by Vitaly Mansky Written by Vitaly Mansky Status In distribution. Share. It’s New Year’s Eve in 1999, and Russia is about to und ...
Review: Putin's Witnesses. KARLOVY VARY 2018: The new film by Vitaly Mansky chronicles Putin's rise through footage the director shot as a member of the president's election campaign team in 2000 . 02/07/2018 | Karlovy Vary 2018 | Documentary Competition
Vol. 86 (Summer 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer. In his latest documentary Putin’s Witnesses, the Latvian-based Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky tries to reassess footage he shot of Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power at the turn of the millennium. Back in 1999, the director was working for a state television network which granted him reality-TV-like ...
„Wenn Putin gewählt wird, ist die Medienfreiheit garantiert!“, verkündet der russische Präsident Boris Jelzin strahlend und ohne gewollte Ironie in der Wahlnacht von 1999. Als Dokumentarfilmchef eines staatlichen Senders hatte Regisseur Vitaly Mansky damals praktisch uneingeschränkten Zugang zu Putin und den inneren Zirkeln der russischen Führung. 20 Jahre später sitzt er im ...
