Film
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
2018 · Documentary
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Overview
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…
Cast
Alexander Lukashenka
Self (archive footage)
Aleś Bialacki
Self
Natalia Pinchuk
Self
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Svetlana Zavadskaya
Self
Mikalai Statkevich
Self
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marina Adamovich
Self
Maksim Filipovich
Self
Svetlana Alexievich
Self
Crew
- Manon LoizeauWriter · Director
- Karsten HochapfelOriginal Music Composer
- Mathieu GoasguenEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 18, 2018
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Genres
- Documentary
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