I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

Movie·1989·1h 18m

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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The Story

Original title: Я служил в охране Сталина, или Опыт документальной мифологии

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.

Written By

Yuri Klepikov

Cinematography

Sergey Sidorov

Music

Aleksandr Knaifel

Themes

joseph stalin

Production House

Filmexport Studios
Panorama Studio

Audience Score

50%

6 votes

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Cast

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Fyodor F. Feodorovsky

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Stalin's 2nd wife

Alexey Rybin

Alexey Rybin

Stalin's bodyguard

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Crew

Semyon Aranovich

Semyon Aranovich

Director, Writer

Yuri Klepikov

Yuri Klepikov

Writer

Aleksandr Knaifel

Original Music Composer

Sergey Sidorov

Director of Photography

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