Movie

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

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.

Director

Semyon Aranovich

Screenplay

Semyon Aranovich

Screenplay

Yuri Klepikov

Music

Aleksandr Knaifel

Status

Released

Release date

01/12/1989

Original language

Russian