Crowned Species (2013)
A journalistic investigation, built not on rumors and assumptions, but on direct evidence, revealing the true mechanisms of podium coronations. Hidden camera footage of negotiations with the owners of the largest national beauty contests and an attempt to answer the question of why these people are not yet in prison. Famous people on the jury are not a guarantee of fair judging. Irrefutable evidence of the corruption of the so-called “stars” who elect the next Miss and Mrs. The collection and subsequent theft of funds for charity is a side business of the owners of fraudulent shows. What actually awaits the titled Misses after purchasing the prize? And what do children's beauty pageants turn out to be like for young participants?
Director: Boris Sobolev
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Boris Sobolev as Himself / Narrator |
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Inna Zhirkova as Herself |
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Sergey Zverev as Himself |
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Andrey Malakhov as Himself |
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Pyotr Listerman as Himself |
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Aleksandr Inshakov as Himself |
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Lyudmila Chursina as Herself |
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Mikhail Veller as Himself |
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Nikas Safronov as Himself |
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Elena Khanga as Herself |
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Dmitriy Nagiev as Himself |
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Mikhail Tsivin as Himself |
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Maria Kalinina as Herself |
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Oksana Fandera as Herself (archive) |
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Larissa Litichevskaya as Herself (archive) |
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Leonid Yakubovich as Himself |
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Mark Rudinshtein as Himself |
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Aleksandr Valov as Himself |
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Elena Bond as Herself |
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Svetlana Razina as Herself |
| Directing | Boris Sobolev | Director |
| Camera | Vitaly Kaydanovich | Camera Operator |
| Production | Tatyana Batarina | Administration |
| Production | Kseniya Svetlitskaya | Production Manager |
| Camera | Sergei Yaldin | Camera Operator |
| Production | Yulia Belotserkovskaya | Producer |
| Camera | Farit Khannanov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Aleksei Kudrin | Sound Director |
| Production | Liliya Ziborova | Producer |
| Camera | Nikita Glebov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Olga Makarova | Sound Director |
| Sound | Andrei Trusov | Music Editor |
