| Brief Description: | A controversial film that created a storm in Russia by taking the
cloak off a violent, repressive era of Soviet history. Filmmaker
Semeon Aranovitch found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Josef
Stalin, who began to work for him in the 1930s. I Was Stalin's
Bodyguard weaves together unprecedented, first-hand testimony with
rare footage, including Stalin's home movies. What emerges is a
singular portrait of a violent and complex era during which Stalin
consolidated his power through brutal repression, yet led the Soviet
Union to victory in World War II. Russian with English subtitles. |
