Putin and the Presidents
6
54 minutes
1/31/2023
Overview
FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk (Putin’s Revenge, Putin’s Road to War) and his team trace the miscalculations and missteps of U.S. presidents over five administrations, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Cast List
Will Lyman
as Narrator
Vladimir Putin
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
as Self (archive footage)
Joe Biden
as Self (archive footage)
William B. Taylor Jr.
as Self (interviewee)
Marie Yovanovitch
as Self (interviewee)
John Bolton
as Self (interviewee)
Timothy Snyder
as Self (interviewee)
Julia Ioffe
as Self (interviewee)
Yevgenia Albats
as Self (interviewee)
Susan Glasser
as Self (interviewee)
Eugene Robinson
as Self (interviewee)
Antony Blinken
as Self (interviewee)