A critical and objective look back at Ukraine's tumultuous and tragic history, from its mythical founding in the 10th century to the Russian invasion in 2022.
Cast
Melanie Pukaß
Self - Narrator (voice)
Timothy Snyder
Self
Andreas Kappeler
Self
Andrii Portnov
Self
Tamara Eidelman
Self
Oksana Zabuzhko
Self
Alexandra Goujon
Self
Georgiy Kasianov
Self
Sergei Loznitsa
Self
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Dmitry Medvedev
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Dirk Schneider
Director, Writer
Andreas Fauser
Director, Writer, Creative Producer
Dirk Seliger
Editor
Gareth Smith
Director of Photography
Paul Chabot
Director of Photography
Zvi Landsman
Director of Photography
Frank Menzel
Director of Photography
Kai Jüttner
Director of Photography
Oleksandr Boykov
Director of Photography
Cristian Faur
Colorist
Anaïs Roth
Commissioning Editor
Marina Orekhova
Production Coordinator
Regina Bouchehri
Producer
Gunnar Dedio
Producer
Birgit Rasch
Producer
Rosey Power
Post Production Coordinator
Caro Eibl
Post Production Coordinator
Martin Ritter
Post Production Coordinator
Jan Zaumseil
Animation
Tobias Fritzsch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music
Brett Ainslie
Sound
Emmanuel Bach
Sound
Oleksandr Bryl
Sound
David Rudoy
Sound
Jörg Weimann
Sound
Robert Kurz
Sound
Sebastian Löffler
Sound
Vitaly Garkavyi
Sound
Olaf Parusel
Music
Laurent Eyquem
Music
Nils Kacirek
Music
Eike Hosenfeld
Music
Michael Kadelbach
Music
Dina Dusha
Translator
Julia Schatte
Translator
Evelyn Wenzel
Production Manager
Jens Körner
Production Manager
Paul Israel
Production Manager
Stefan Hannig
Graphic Designer
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