The Putin Interviews
2017 · Miniseries · TV-PG · 60 min · ★ 6.6 · 65% critics
This miniseries centers on extended conversations with a major world leader, covering hot-button global issues, recent elections, conflict, and high-profile whistleblowing. It offers a long, direct look at how power is explained and defended, inviting viewers to weigh the answers, the tone, and what goes unchallenged.
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Streaming on Paramount+ and Showtime.
4 hours to watch · 4 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-06-12
- Network
- Showtime
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (74 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you want a lengthy, dialogue-driven look at modern geopolitics and competing narratives, especially after The Untold History of the United States; Not for you if you want tough pushback, quick pacing, or clear-cut conclusions.
Pros: candid long-form access; wide range of topics; thought-provoking perspective | Cons: often uncritical questioning; feels like soft PR; repetitive talking points
Themes
- presidential election
- cult of personality
- russian president
- autocracy
- russian federation
Cast & crew
Vladimir Putin
as Self
Oliver Stone
as Self
Directed by Oliver Stone
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1Part 155mParamount+Apple TV+Hulu
- S1E2Part 255mParamount+Apple TV+Hulu
- S1E3Part 355mParamount+Apple TV+Hulu
- S1E4Part 455mParamount+Apple TV+Hulu