Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majority of Russians dissatisfied with Yeltsin… and willing to vote for the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. Yet six months later, Yeltsin won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. How did that happen?
Cast
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Tatyana Yumasheva
Self
Sergei Pugachev
Self
Anatoly Chubais
Self
Gennady Zyuganov
Self (archive footage)
Alexandr Korzhakov
Self
Mikhail Fridman
Self
Helmut Kohl
Self (archive footage)
Michel Camdessus
Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Self (archive footage)
Grigoriy Yavlinskiy
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Lebed
Self (archive footage)
Yury Vlasov
Self (archive footage)
Boris Berezovsky
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Gusinsky
Self (archive footage)
Dick Morris
Self
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Richard Dresner
Self (archive footage)
Joe Shumate
Self (archive footage)
Anatoly Kulikov
Self
George Gorton
Self (archive footage)
Naina Yeltsina
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Elena Zaloguina
Documentation & Support
Isabelle Debeaumarché
Documentation & Support
Fabrice Héron
Documentation & Support
Madeleine Leroyer
Director, Writer
Tim Toidze
Writer, Executive Producer
Nicolas Peltier
Editor
Youen Marivain
Color Grading
Ninon Paillard
Production Assistant
Henry Marquis
Camera Operator
Thibault Delavigne
Camera Operator
Maud Guenoux
Post-Production Manager
Mathieu Courtois
Animation Director
Pablo Salaün
Sound Editor
Jérôme Gonthier
Sound Mixer
Benoît Daniel
Original Music Composer
Olivier Bodin
Original Music Composer
Jowee Omicil
Musician
Léo Régeard
Compositing Artist, Art Direction, Graphic Designer
François Bafoil
Scientific Consultant
Nolwenn Perrault
Intern
Lucile Chrétien
Intern
Gabriel Abenhaim
Production Director
Armel Parisot
Production Director
Luc Martin-Gousset
Delegated Producer
Sophie Guillossou
Administration
Babeth Gbadié
Administration
Fabrice Verrier
Administration
Chrystelle Moukouri
Administration
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