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I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

1989

78 minutes

Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Joseph Stalin headshot

Joseph Stalin

Fyodor F. Feodorovsky headshot

Fyodor F. Feodorovsky

Nadezhda Alliluyeva headshot

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Stalin's 2nd wife

Alexey Rybin headshot

Alexey Rybin

Stalin's bodyguard