Dutch documentary filmmaker Jos de Putter directs this portrait of Chechnya's charismatic leader Khoozh-Ahmend Noukhaev. The film shows the dashing leader touring about the strategically sensitive independent region of Russia as if he were a feudal lord. He doles out $100 bills to villagers, makes grandiose plans for the bombed out capital of Grozny, and dispenses with presidents at a whim.
Released
Canada
September 10, 1999
(Toronto International Film Festival premiere)
The Netherlands
September 30, 1999
(Amsterdam)
Germany
February 12, 2000
(Berlin International Film Festival)
Greece
November 24, 2000
(Thessaloniki Documentary Festival)
Mexico
December 31, 1999