Mr. Nobody against Putin (2025)

Name: Mr. Nobody against Putin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-01-21T17:00:14+01:00
Rating: 3.7

Documentary | 90 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 90 minuten

Country: Czech Republic / Denmark

Directed by: David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin

IMDb score: 7,6 (1.769)

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Mr. Nobody against Putin plot

As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, elementary schools in the Russian hinterland are being turned into recruitment centers for the war. A brave teacher goes undercover to film what is really happening in his own school, faced with the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence.

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mrklm

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11 January at 10:16

Paval Talankin is an elementary school teacher in Karabash, a severely polluted industrial town in the Urals with a population of around 10,000. He is also the school photographer, and his office is always open to students. Everything changes when Russia invades Ukraine. Knowing that he will eventually have to leave his country (and his mother) for good because of his actions, he decides to archive the changes at school and the video footage he records (often at the government's behest) and share it with the outside world. Talankin approaches this serious and disturbing subject with a lighthearted tone and a self-deprecating humor reminiscent of Michael Moore's best work, making it as interesting as it is amusing.