Film

Connected

2025 · 1h 44m · Documentary

The film chronicles the final journey of 88-year-old Russian former top-secret scientist and philanthropist Dmitriy Zimin, alongside his longtime American friend Augie Fabela, acting US police officer, before Zimin’s scheduled euthanasia. Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions between Putin’s Russia and the USA and the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the film captures the closing scenes of a life and a time of peace. Zimin’s story is an embodiment of the harsh historical cycles that have defined Russia over the past century.

Dmitry Zimin

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Boris Zimin

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Oleg Tinkov

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Elizaveta Osetinskaya

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Vladimir Putin

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Boris Yeltsin

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• Vera KrichevskayaDirector · Writer · Producer · Editor
• Alexander RodnyanskyProducer
• Heiko GilbertoDirector of Photography
• Adrian PetrosianDirector of Photography
• Anna DrubichOriginal Music Composer
• Vladimir DvornikovEditor

Trailer [Subtitled]

Release date

March 1, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Documentary