{"id":38397,"date":"2022-03-15T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/?p=38397"},"modified":"2025-01-14T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T12:07:19","slug":"zelensky-apresidentatwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/zelensky-apresidentatwar\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky – A President at War"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” full_height=”yes” parallax=”content-moving-fade” parallax_image=”39958″][vc_column disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1592214846163{padding-left: 70px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1591600221431{padding-top: 35px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″ disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1591600216636{padding-left: 70px !important;}”][vc_column_text]2022 | Dokumentation | 44′\u00a0<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Zelenskyj
\nA PrEsident AT WAR<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column width=”2\/3″ disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1590495161364{padding-left: 70px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]In just a few short days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has become a global hero. Who is this man \u2013 and what does he stand for? The film presents a portrait of the politician who has become Putin\u2019s adversary.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could have taken the easy route but instead he refused the offer from the USA to evacuate him from Kyiv. He is said to have responded with a line good enough for any Hollywood movie: \u201cThe fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride\u201d.<\/p>\n

Within the space of a week, with his videos and public appearances, he had won the hearts and minds of people around the world. Almost four million people follow him on Twitter, his videos on Facebook and YouTube have likewise been viewed millions of times. He is defending his homeland in a war, which many observers believe Ukraine cannot win. Will he survive?<\/p>\n

The film asks what is driving Zelensky and his comrades-in-arms. It tells Zelensky’s life story: How a young man, whose only political experience came from playing a president in a comedy TV series, was elected to the top office in his country. How he suddenly found himself at the epicentre of the reality of Ukrainian politics. And how Volodymyr Zelensky grew from the person on whom a nation’s hopes were pinned to an international hero.<\/p>\n

The film has extensive archive material available to it, including an in-depth interview with the Ukrainian President dating from May 2021, as well as footage from war correspondents to document the current events. Expert interviews including with Eastern Europe experts Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post) and Marieluise Beck (Green Party of Germany), political scientist Orysia Lutsevych from Chatham House, London, and the Ukrainian activist and lawyer Mykhailo Zhernakov cast light on Zelensky’s biography and what leeway for action he currently has.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1591285632447{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Press<\/strong>
\n“What the Ukrainians are fighting for is shown once again in the film “Zelensky – A President at War” [\u2026] : a cosmopolitan country where people enjoy their freedom.” FAZ<\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]

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\u201eThe achievement of the writers, producers, and broadcasters lies primarily in producing an insightful film in such a short time, which provides instructive additions to the daily stream of catastrophic news about destruction and people having to flee.\u201c<\/u><\/em><\/a> Zeit Online<\/p>\n

\u201eDirk Schneider and Claudia Nagel create [\u2026] an impressive portrait of the Ukrainian president, who has undergone a remarkable transformation since the beginning of Vladimir Putin\u2019s brutal attacks on his people\u201c<\/em><\/a> M\u00fcnchner Merkur<\/p>\n

\u201eThis film traces Europe\u2019s most unusual presidency.\u201c<\/u><\/em><\/a> piqd<\/p>\n

\u201eThe film asks about what drives Zelensky. [\u2026] How he suddenly found himself in the realities of Ukrainian politics. And how Volodymyr Zelensky went from being a beacon of hope to a heroic figure.\u201c<\/u><\/em><\/a> BR<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]Distribution<\/strong>
\nBettina Offermann
\ndistribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Excecutive Producer<\/strong>
\nGunnar Dedio
\nRegina Bouchehri<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A co-production by<\/strong>
\nLOOKSfilm, rbb, WDR<\/p>\n

In association with<\/strong>
\nARTE<\/p>\n

Directors<\/strong>
\nDirk Schneider
\nClaudia Nagel<\/span><\/p>\n

Creative Producer<\/strong><\/span>
\nAndreas Fauser<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1592214846163{padding-left: 70px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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