The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.
Ivan Passer
Director
Paul Monash
Writer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer
Leonid Vereshchagin
Producer
Mark Carliner
Producer
Stanisław Syrewicz
Original Music Composer
Robert Duvall
Josef Stalin
Julia Ormond
Nadya Alliluyeva
Maximilian Schell
Vladimir Lenin
Jeroen Krabbé
Bukharin
Joan Plowright
Olga
Jim Carter
Sergo
Miriam Margolyes
Krupskaya
Frank Finlay
Sergei
Roshan Seth
Beria
Daniel Massey
Trotsky
András Bálint
Zinoviev
John Bowe
Voroshilov
