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.

• Year: 1989
• Genres: Documentary
• Countries: Soviet Union
• Languages: Russian
• Runtime: 78 min