I, Putin: A Portrait (2012)

Director
Hubert Seipel

Main cast
Vladimir Putin; Peter Bieringer

Genres
Documentary

Description
The multiple, award-winning television author Hubert Seipel, accompanied Vladimir Putin in Russia, over a period of many weeks. He not only conducted several interviews with him, but was also present when Putin shouldered judo opponents, or challenged his bodyguards during a game of ice hockey.


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