I Was Stalin's Bodyguard
1989•1h 18m•5.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Semyon Aranovich
Writer
Semyon Aranovich, Yuri Klepikov
Languages
Russian
Studio
Filmexport Studios
Cast
Joseph Stalin
Fyodor F. Feodorovsky
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Stalin's 2nd wife
Alexey Rybin
Stalin's bodyguard
Production
Company
Filmexport Studios
Company
Panorama Studio
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