I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

1989 • 1h 18m • Documentary

5.0(6 votes)

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.

Director

Semyon Aranovich

Writers

Yuri Klepikov, Semyon Aranovich

Status

Released