The Event (2015)
The Event (2015)
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Plot.
In August 1991 a failed coup d'état attempt (known as Putsch) led by a group of hard-core communists in Moscow, ended the 70-year-long rule of the Soviets. The USSR collapsed soon after, and the tricolour of the sovereign Russian Federation flew over Kremlin. As president Gorbachev was detained by the coup leaders, state-run TV and radio channels, usurped by the putschists, broadcast Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" instead of news bulletins, and crowds of protestors gathered around Moscow's White House, preparing to defend the stronghold of democratic opposition led by Boris Yeltsin, in the city of Leningrad thousands of confused, scared, excited and desperate people poured into the streets to become a part of the event, which was supposed to change their destiny. A quarter of a century later, Sergei Loznitsa revisits the dramatic moments of August 1991 and casts an eye on the event which was hailed worldwide as the birth of "Russian democracy".
Where to Watch.

Currently The Event is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: DocAlliance Films
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 2, 2015
Original NameСобытие
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Budget$125,000
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Wiki.
The Event (Russian: Событие) is a 2015 Russian-language Belgian-Dutch documentary film about the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt produced, written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It was screened out of competition at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It won the prize "Leipziger Ring" at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film.
Vladimir Putin as aide to St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak is shown for a moment.
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