I Was Stalin's Bodyguard (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.

Released: Dec 01, 1989

Runtime: 78 minutes

Genre: Documentary

Stars: Joseph Stalin, Fyodor F. Feodorovsky, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Alexey Rybin

Crew: Semyon Aranovich (Director), Sergey Sidorov (Cinematography), Galina Gorvonsova (Sound), Yuri Klepikov (Writer), Semyon Aranovich (Writer), Aleksandr Knaifel (Original Music Composer)