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Donbass (2018)

| Drama | 30 August 2018 (Germany)
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In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.

Director:

Sergey Loznitsa

Writer:

Sergey Loznitsa

Stars:

Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk | See full cast & crew »
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Tamara Yatsenko ... Plump-faced Woman
Irina Zayarmiuk Irina Zayarmiuk ... Creature
Grigory Masliuk Grigory Masliuk ... Town Mayor
Olesya Zhurakovskaya Olesya Zhurakovskaya ... Girl with bucket
Lyudmila Smorodina ... Woman in blue
Boris Kamorzin ... Mikhalych
Mikhail Voloshin Mikhail Voloshin ... Man in cap
Evgeny Chepurnyak Evgeny Chepurnyak ... Head physician
Igor Kirilchatenko Igor Kirilchatenko ... First Ukrainian Soldier
Vladislav Simanko Vladislav Simanko ... First guy on the bus
Alexei Beldei Alexei Beldei ... Second guy on the bus
Yaroslav Bezkorovayny Yaroslav Bezkorovayny ... Soldier in Bandana
Elena Khizhnaya Elena Khizhnaya ... Bandersha
Arsen Bosenko Arsen Bosenko ... First separatist
Thorsten Merten ... German journalist
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In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.

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political propaganda | donbass ukraine | proles | ukrainian politics | hybrid war | See All (52) »

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Official submission of Ukraine for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. See more »

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6.5
23 February 2019 | by adrianclopotari – See all my reviews

Very good topic, ideea, good actors, but bad realisation. Repetitive scenes.
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30 August 2018 (Germany) See more »

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Donbas See more »

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Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Ukraine
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