CinemaOSMovie · 2018

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

68%(3)IMDbDocumentary

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…

Directed byManon Loizeau

Play
Status
Released
Language
FR
Released
March 18, 2018
Studios
Magnéto PresseARTERTS

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Alexander Lukashenka

Alexander Lukashenka

Self (archive footage)

Aleś Bialacki

Aleś Bialacki

Self

Natalia Pinchuk

Natalia Pinchuk

Self

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Svetlana Zavadskaya

Self

Mikalai Statkevich

Mikalai Statkevich

Self

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marina Adamovich

Marina Adamovich

Self

Maksim Filipovich

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Manon Loizeau
Manon Loizeau
Written by
Manon Loizeau
Manon Loizeau

Keep watching

More like this

The War of Chimeras8.0

The War of Chimeras

2017 · Film

American Pharaoh7.5

American Pharaoh

2014 · Film

Chine, la fabrique d'une nation7.5

Chine, la fabrique d'une nation

2025 · Film

Forbidden Films6.5

Forbidden Films

2014 · Film

20 Days in Mariupol8.1

20 Days in Mariupol

2023 · Film

Nefertiti's Daughters

Nefertiti's Daughters

2015 · Film

Portraits of a Search5.0

Portraits of a Search

2014 · Film

Yanka Kupala

Yanka Kupala

2017 · Film

A Bunch of Questions With No Answers10.0

A Bunch of Questions With No Answers

2025 · Film

Bitter oranges

Bitter oranges

2025 · Film

Terre promise

Terre promise

2026 · Film

Mozgóképes történelem – Rendszerváltás Magyarországon és Kelet-Európában 1988–1990

Mozgóképes történelem – Rendszerváltás Magyarországon és Kelet-Európában 1988–1990

2006 · Film

Das Haus der guten Geister

Das Haus der guten Geister

2020 · Film

No Time to Fail2.0

No Time to Fail

2022 · Film

Margherita, The Woman Who Invented Mussolini

Margherita, The Woman Who Invented Mussolini

2014 · Film

Ukraine-Poland: The Border of Solidarity1.0

Ukraine-Poland: The Border of Solidarity

2022 · Film

Abenteuer Russland - Landwirtschaft zwischen Moskau und Sibirien Vol.1

Abenteuer Russland - Landwirtschaft zwischen Moskau und Sibirien Vol.1

2017 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom7.9

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

2015 · Film

South of the Border6.1

South of the Border

2009 · Film

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania6.9

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

1972 · Film

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer6.9

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

2013 · Film

Dancer7.2

Dancer

2016 · Film

Citizenfour7.7

Citizenfour

2014 · Film

The Weather Underground6.6

The Weather Underground

2002 · Film

20 Days in Mariupol8.1

20 Days in Mariupol

2023 · Film

The Monopoly of Violence7.3

The Monopoly of Violence

2020 · Film

Cuba and the Cameraman7.5

Cuba and the Cameraman

2017 · Film

My Mom Jayne8.0

My Mom Jayne

2025 · Film

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry7.1

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2012 · Film

Deliver Us from Evil7.1

Deliver Us from Evil

2006 · Film

2000 Meters to Andriivka8.1

2000 Meters to Andriivka

2025 · Film

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea7.1

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea

2020 · Film

Boys State7.1

Boys State

2020 · Film

To Kill a Tiger7.6

To Kill a Tiger

2023 · Film

The Imposter7.3

The Imposter

2012 · Film

For Sama8.2

For Sama

2019 · Film

Attica6.8

Attica

2021 · Film