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Taurus 2001 Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov Телец

Unfolding over two days in 1924, the film depicts the dying Lenin, world revolutionary and father of the USSR, now powerless and isolated at his Gorki estate. Cared for by his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaia, sister Maniasha, his German doctor and several attendants, Lenin raves about his diminishing faculties, discusses the deaths of great figures (including Marx), rides a car to a picnic in a meadow and ponders his historic legacy.

Country Russia
Production Country Russia
Language Russian
Spoken Languages German , Italian , Russian
Gnere Drama
Release Date 24 February 2001
104 mins
Cast
Leonid Mozgovoy
Leonid Mozgovoy Lenin
Mariya Kuznetsova
Mariya Kuznetsova Krupskaya
Sergei Razhuk
Sergei Razhuk Stalin
Natalya Nikulenko
Natalya Nikulenko sister
Lev Eliseev
Lev Eliseev doctor
Nikolay Ustinov
Nikolay Ustinov
Aleksandr Chaban
Aleksandr Chaban
Fyodor Lavrov
Fyodor Lavrov
Boris Voytsekhovskiy
Boris Voytsekhovskiy
Maxim Sergeev
Maxim Sergeev
Valentina Kasyanova
Valentina Kasyanova
Pavel Kornakov
Pavel Kornakov
Crew
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer
Yuriy Arabov
Yuriy Arabov
Producer
Viktor Sergeev
Viktor Sergeev
Executive Producer
Vladimir Persov
Vladimir Persov
Cinematography
Anatoliy Rodionov
Anatoliy Rodionov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Editor
Leda Semyonova
Leda Semyonova
Production Design
Natalya Kochergina
Natalya Kochergina
Sound
Sergey Moshkov
Sergey Moshkov
Costume Design
Lidiya Kryukova
Lidiya Kryukova
Makeup Artist
Zhanna Rodionova
Zhanna Rodionova
Music
Andrey Sigle
Andrey Sigle
Casting
Tatyana Komarova
Tatyana Komarova
Assistant Director
Sergei Razhuk
Sergei Razhuk