I Was Stalin's Bodyguard (1989)
• December 1st, 1989 • 1h 18min
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.
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