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I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

19891h 18mSemyon Aranovich

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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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What is I Was Stalin's Bodyguard (1989) about?

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.

Who stars in I Was Stalin's Bodyguard?

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard stars Joseph Stalin, Fyodor F. Feodorovsky, Nadezhda Alliluyeva (Stalin's 2nd wife), Alexey Rybin (Stalin's bodyguard). The film was directed by Semyon Aranovich.

How long is I Was Stalin's Bodyguard?

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1989.

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