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I Was Stalin's Bodyguard (1989)

Overview

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.

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joseph stalin
Semyon Aranovich

Director

Semyon Aranovich

ReleasedDec 1, 1989
Runtime1h 18m
StatusReleased
Panorama Studio
Filmexport Studios

Top Cast

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Stalin's 2nd wife

Alexey Rybin

Alexey Rybin

Stalin's bodyguard

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