I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

78 mins | Documentary | Dec. 1, 1989

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.

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

78 mins | Documentary | Dec. 1, 1989

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard
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.
Producers Panorama Studio, Filmexport Studios
Original title Я служил в охране Сталина, или Опыт документальной мифологии
Directors Semyon Aranovich
Writers Semyon Aranovich, Yuri Klepikov

Cast

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

as Stalin's 2nd wife

Alexey Rybin

as Stalin's bodyguard