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.

• Release Date: 1989-12-01
• Runtime: 1h 18min
• Director: Semyon Aranovich