RU-I001-1990

I was Stalin's Bodyguard -- LOCATED IN I.A.S. OFFICE

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For over sixty years, Josef Stalin, one of the most powerful figures in the 20th century, a man who murdered millions, has remained shrouded in mystery. Now for the first time, filmmaker Semeon Aranovitch takes the cloak off this enigmatic figure in his new, acclaimed documentry, I was Stalin's Bodyguard. The controversial film, which has played to sold-out houses throughout wherever it's been shown, would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. Now, the open policy of glasnost allows us to see into the dark crevices of a demented mind. Aranovitch found the last personal bodyguard of Stalin, who began to work for him in the 1930's. I was Stalin's Bodyguard weaves together unprecedented, first-hand testimony with rare film footage including Stalin's home movies. What emerges is a singular portrait of a violent and complex era which Stalin consolidated his power through brutal repression, and yet lead the Soviet Union to victory in World War II. I was Stalin's Bodyguard is as involving as a first-rate thriller. What makes it all the more powerful is the fact that everything is real. Director: Semeon Aranovitch. Country: Russia. Subtitled. (I.A.S. now located in Old McMillan 254.)