I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 1989

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Panorama Studio,Filmexport Studios

Cast

Nadezhda Alliluyeva,Alexey Rybin,Fyodor F. Feodorovsky,Joseph Stalin

Director

Semyon Aranovich

Writer

Semyon Aranovich,Yuri Klepikov

Cinematography

Sergey Sidorov

Music

Aleksandr Knaifel

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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