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THE OLIGARCHS' WIVES: RUSSIA, RUBLES, AND LOVE

by Alexander Gentelev & Victoria Kurakova

SYNOPSIS

The dream of marrying rich can turn into a horrible nightmare, as some oligarchs’ wives have found out.
Director Alexander Gentelev once again achieves amazing access to a hidden Russian world as he meets women before, during, and after their time as a trophy spouse. The film follows the stories of three individual women; Natalia, the ex-wife of billionaire Vladimir Potanin (the richest man in Russia), Alena, the former wife and wealthy co-owner of ‘Red Stars’, a major recording studio in Russia, and a country girl Maria, hoping for her own Cinderella story, and one day becoming the wife of a millionaire.

DETAILS

90 mins

2015

Germany, Israel

Russian

CREDITS

Directed by Alexander Gentelev, Victoria Kurakova

Produced by Simone Baumann, Sasha Klein

Script: Alexander Gentelev, Victoria Kurakova

Editor: Evgeny Ruman

Director of Photography: Franz Koch

Sound: Natalia Pavlova

Involved broadcasters: YesDocu, ZDF/ARTE

Production Companies: Saxonia Entertainment, Sasha Klein Productions

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR - ALEXANDER GENTELEV

Born on November 6, 1959 in USSR, Alexaner Gentelev undertook his studies at the St. Petersburg Film Academy. Gentelev immigrated to Israel in 1993 and has been directing documentary films for the past 24 years. His award-winning films include “The Rise and Fall of the Russian Oligarchs”, “Generation of Loneliness”, “The Operation Successor”, “Just Like Home”, “Thieves by Law”, “Violinists”, and most recently, “Putin’s Games.”

DIRECTOR - VICTORIA KURAKOVA 

Victoria Kurakova is a director known for The Oligarchs' Wives: Russia, Rubles, and Love (2015).

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