Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the first politicians to congratulate Donald Trump on his election as president of the United States in 2016, but over time the relationship between the two heads of state has had its ups and downs. Are they friends or enemies? Has their mutual admiration turned into mutual distrust?
Cast
Liane Rudolph
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pyotr Tolstoy
Self - Politician
Vladimir Pozner
Self - Journalist
Yevgenia Albats
Self - Journalist
Mikhail Zygar
Self - Journalist
Ivan Kurilla
Self - Historian
David Herszenhorn
Self - Journalist
Sergey Karaganov
Self - Politologist
Vladimir Yakunin
Self - Businessman
Mikhail Idov
Self - Journalist
Andrey Kolesnikov
Self - Politologist
Angela Stent
Self - Politologist
Matthew Rojansky
Self - Politologist
Pavel Felgenhauer
Self - Military Analyst
Anton Troianovski
Self - Journalist
Alexis Rodzianko
Self - AmCham President
Donald Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Melania Trump
Self - D. Trump's Wife (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Agas Agalarov
Self - Businessman (archive footage)
Bashar Hafez al-Assad
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nikki Haley
Self - Politician (archive footage)
James Comey
Self - FBI Director (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Bolton
Self - Diplomat (archive footage)
Dmitry Kiselyov
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Michael Cohen
Self - Lawyer (archive footage)
Joseph Votel
Self - US Army General (archive footage)
Mike Pompeo
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Zygar
Self - Journalist
Crew
Claire Walding
Director, Writer
Ole Eicker
Editor
Gunnar Dedio
Executive Producer
Andreas Fauser
Producer
Holger Koop
Producer
Jan Müller
Producer
Evelyn Wenzel
Producer
Petr Panichkin
Camera Operator
Erik Schimschar
Camera Operator
Johannes Imdahl
Camera Operator
Sergey Chelenkov
Camera Operator
Markus Thüne
Post Production Supervisor
Tobias Fritzsch
Sound Mixer
Eike Hosenfeld
Music
Laurent Eyquem
Music
Moritz Denis
Music
Michael Hartmann
Music
Regina von Flemming
Technical Advisor
Ulrich Brochhagen
Editorial Staff
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