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Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
Directed by David Borenstein
“The incredible story of an ordinary Russian teacher who exposed Putin's propaganda machine.”
Documentary · 1h 30m
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
Cast
Pavel Talankin
Self
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Roman Abalin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lavrentiy Beria
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Viktor Abakumov
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leon Trotsky
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dmitry Medvedev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- David Borenstein
- Writer
- David Borenstein
- Director of Photography
- Pavel Talankin
- Original Music Composer
- Michal Rataj, Jonas Struck
- Editor
- Nicolaj Monberg, Rebekka Lønqvist
- Producer
- Helle Faber, David Borenstein
Details
- Original title
- Mr. Nobody mod Putin
- Release date
- 2025-06-06
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DA
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany, United Kingdom
- Production
- Made in Copenhagen, Pink Productions, ZDF, BBC Storyville
- Budget
- $800,000