Documentary · Soviet Union · 1989 · 1h 18m

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

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Director
Semyon Aranovich
Cast
Joseph Stalin as Fyodor F. Feodorovsky as Nadezhda Alliluyeva as Stalin's 2nd wife Alexey Rybin as Stalin's bodyguard
Crew
Sergey Sidorov — Director of Photography Aleksandr Knaifel — Original Music Composer Semyon Aranovich — Writer Yuri Klepikov — Writer
Synopsis

This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking the cloak off a violent, repressive period of Soviet history. Filmmaker Semyon Aranovich found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Joseph Stalin, Alexey Robin, who began working for the dictator in the 1930s.

Mood & Themes
joseph stalin
Key Collaborators
Semyon Aranovich Director Sergey Sidorov Director of Photography Aleksandr Knaifel Original Music Composer Semyon Aranovich Writer Yuri Klepikov Writer
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