‘Patient #1,’ About a Soviet Leader’s Fall From Power, Wins Werner Herzog Film Award (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Patient #1,’ About a Soviet Leader’s Fall From Power, Wins Werner Herzog Film Award (EXCLUSIVE)

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Rezo Gigineishvili’s “Patient #1” is the 2023 winner of the annual Werner Herzog Film Award. Set at the end of the Soviet era, the film focuses on the decline in power of Konstantin Chernenko, a Russian leader with failing health who is surrounded by a large medical team. He is old and frail, but…

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