Taurus (2001)
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.
Released: Feb 24, 2001
Runtime: 104 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Leonid Mozgovoy, Mariya Kuznetsova, Sergei Razhuk, Natalya Nikulenko, Lev Eliseev, Nikolay Ustinov
Crew: Aleksandr Sokurov (Director), Yuriy Arabov (Screenplay), Sergei Razhuk (Assistant Director), Tatyana Komarova (Casting Director), Viktor Sergeev (Producer), Vladimir Persov (Executive Producer)
