Frenemies: Putin and Trump

Frenemies: Putin and Trump

90 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | March 17, 2020

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?

Frenemies: Putin and Trump

90 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | March 17, 2020

Frenemies: Putin and Trump
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?
Producers ARTE, MDR, LOOKS
Original title Erzfreunde - Trump und Putin
Directors Claire Walding
Writers Claire Walding

Cast

Liane Rudolph

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Pyotr Tolstoy

as Self - Politician

Vladimir Pozner jr.

as Self - Journalist

Yevgenia Albats

as Self - Journalist

Mikhail Zygar

as Self - Journalist

Ivan Kurilla

as Self - Historian

David Herszenhorn

as Self - Journalist

Sergey Karaganov

as Self - Politologist

Vladimir Yakunin

as Self - Businessman

Michael Idov

as Self - Journalist

Andrey Kolesnikov

as Self - Politologist

Angela Stent

as Self - Politologist

Matthew Rojansky

as Self - Politologist

Pavel Felgenhauer

as Self - Military Analyst

Anton Troianovski

as Self - Journalist

Alexis Rodzianko

as Self - AmCham President

Donald Trump

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Melania Trump

as Self - D. Trump's Wife (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Agas Agalarov

as Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Bashar Hafez al-Assad

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nikki Haley

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Comey

as Self - FBI Director (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

John R. Bolton

as Self - Diplomat (archive footage)

Dmitry Kiselyov

as Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Michael Cohen

as Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

Joseph Votel

as Self - US Army General (archive footage)

Mike Pompeo

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Zygar

as Self - Journalist