Unfolding over two days in 1924, the film depicts the dying Lenin, world revolutionary and father of the USSR, now powerless and isolated at his Gorki estate. Cared for by his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaia, sister Maniasha, his German doctor and several attendants, Lenin raves about his diminishing faculties, discusses the deaths of great figures (including Marx), rides a car to a picnic in a meadow and ponders his historic legacy.
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Leonid Mozgovoy
Lenin
Known for
Russian Ark
Moloch
Mariya Kuznetsova
Krupskaya
Known for
Russian Ark
Sergei Razhuk
Stalin
Known for
Moloch
Natalya Nikulenko
sister
Known for
Russian Ark
Moloch
Lev Eliseev
doctor
Known for
Moloch
Nikolay Ustinov
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Ostap Bender: Gold of the Empire
Gypsy
Aleksandr Chaban
Known for
Russian Ark
Fyodor Lavrov
Known for
Better Than Us
Chikatilo
Boris Voytsekhovskiy
Known for
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
Maxim Sergeev
Known for
Russian Ark
Fantastic Return to Oz
Valentina Kasyanova
Also in
Attackers: The Last Flight
Stationery Rat
Pavel Kornakov
Known for
Peculiarities of the National Hunt
Moloch
Aleksandr Sokurov Director · Yuriy Arabov Screenplay Anatoliy Rodionov Cinematographer
First release February 24, 2001 · Produced in Russia · Languages German, Italian, Russian
Production
Lenfilm
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Goskino Russia
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Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Production
Russia
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Original title
Телец
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
German · Italian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 24, 2001
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