Propaganda Battle Over Ukraine (2023)
The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is not only waged with bombs, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, but also in the media. It is a "propaganda battle" internally and externally. Russia spreads targeted disinformation in order to systematically devalue news. At the same time, their own population should be convinced that they want to liberate Ukraine from Nazis. Ukraine's narrative wants to emotionally mobilize its own population and strengthen resistance to the aggressor. Spindoctors are of particular importance in the propaganda battle over Ukraine. On the Ukrainian side, it's often influencers like Oleksiy Arestovych. On the Russian side, Vladimir Solovyov, Putin's snout, is supposed to sell the war to his own people with his daily TV talks. The documentary shows the new front lines of virtual warfare and provides insights into the populists' bag of tricks on social networks.
Directors: Saskia Geisler, Kristian Kähler.
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Katja Riemann as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Oleksii Arestovych as Self - Advisor to the President of the Ukraine (archive footage) |
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Vladimir Solovyov as Self - TV Presenter, Russia (archive footage) |
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Self - President of the Ukraine (archive footage) |
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Vladimir Putin as Self - President of the Russian Federation (archive footage) |
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Svitlana Matviyenko as Self - Interviewee & Analyst |
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Samira El Ouassil as Self - Interviewee & Analyst |
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Greg Yudin as Self - Interviewee & Analyst |
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Mychajlo Podoljak as Self - Interviewee |
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Tatyana Ulyanova as Self - Interviewee |
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Ksenia Klochkova as Self - Interviewee |
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Viktor Onoshko as Self - Interviewee |
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Ksenia Onoshko as Self - Interviewee |
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Miroslav Velgan as Self - Interviewee |
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Dimitrij Mahajev as Self - Interviewee |
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Maria Avdeeva as Self - Political Scientist, Kharkiv (archive footage) |
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Vasily Nebenzya as Self - Russian Ambassador to the UN (archive footage) |
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Dmitriy Polyanskiy as Self - Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN (archive footage) |
| Directing | Saskia Geisler | Director |
| Writing | Saskia Geisler | Writer |
| Editing | Michaela Stasch | Editor |
| Editing | Peter Klum | Editor |
| Production | Stefan Pannen | Producer |
| Camera | Sebastian Hattop | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Anton Yaremchuk | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Björn Düseler | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Konstantin Ulianov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Raimund von Scheibner | Sound |
| Sound | Moritz Hirth | Sound |
| Sound | Oleksyj Diachenko | Sound |
| Sound | Bony Stoev | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Cornelius Rapp | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Iris Ehlbert-Gehlert | Production Manager |
| Crew | Jutta Krug | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Hanne Kehrwald | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Julia Klüssendorf | Commissioning Editor |
| Writing | Kristian Kähler | Writer |
| Directing | Kristian Kähler | Director |
| Camera | Dirk Heth | Director of Photography |
