Mr. Nobody Against Putin

About Mr. Nobody Against Putin

As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a 2025 documentary film directed by David Borenstein. Pavel Talankin appears as Self, Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage), Roman Abalin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), and Lavrentiy Beria as Self (archive footage) (uncredited).

At 90 minutes long, it arrived in June 2025. Written by David Borenstein. It was produced by BBC Storyville, Made in Copenhagen, and Pink Productions.

Shelv files it under undercover, observational documentary, propaganda, and whistleblower. In the United States it streams on Kino Film Collection. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 155 TMDB voters.

20 Days in Mariupol, Dead Poets Society, and Snake Eyes make useful companions to Mr. Nobody Against Putin, all filed under russo-ukrainian war, vladimir putin, and war in ukraine.