<b>Taurus</b> by Alexander Sokurov is the second part of a tetralogy on 20th century dictators. After depicting an unusual Hitler in <b>Moloch</b>(1999), the director of 29 features now portrays Lenin. The man who changed the course of history and shook the world lies dying in a countryside manor, surrounded by outsiders. All around him is hustle, bustle and concerns that cannot change anything. He himself knows that it′s all over. His body is weak; his conscience is failing. Despite everything, his will does not desert him- the will to fight, the will for power. Appointed guards and his wretched wife watch over him. The footsteps of his successor awaiting his hour of death can already be heard. What is going through his mind in the last months of his life? Is he looking back over his life? <b>Taurus</b> dares to ask what went through the mind of this great leader during his last days.