
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
2025 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · 74% critics
As Russia’s war in Ukraine escalates, a small-town school is reshaped into a stage for patriotic messaging and military-style activities. Caught between duty and conscience, a teacher quietly documents daily life inside the classroom to show how propaganda reaches children and the community around them.
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Details
- Original title
- Mr. Nobody mod Putin
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-06-06
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (114 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to urgent, real-world documentaries about ordinary people under pressure, this may hit hard, especially if you liked Flee or Armadillo; Not for you if you want escapism or light viewing.
Pros: intimate undercover perspective; tense, urgent stakes; eye-opening school footage | Cons: limited viewpoints beyond school; confronting subject matter; uneven pacing at times
Themes
- undercover
- propaganda
- political activism
- nonviolent resistance
- teacher
- brainwashing
- war propaganda
- school teacher
- schoolteacher
- communist propaganda
- vladimir putin
- soviet propaganda
- +8 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2026
- BAFTA Award — Best Documentary · 2026
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2026 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Documentary · 2026 · nominated
Cast & crew

Pavel Talankin
as Self

Vladimir Putin
as Self (archive footage)

Roman Abalin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lavrentiy Beria
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Viktor Abakumov
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leon Trotsky
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dmitry Medvedev
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vladimir Kara-Murza
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directed by David Borenstein