Drama History War TV Movie
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.
Directed by
Ivan Passer
Written by
Paul Monash
Robert Duvall
Josef Stalin
Miriam Margolyes
Krupskaya
Jim Carter
Sergo
Julia Ormond
Nadya Alliluyeva
Jeroen Krabbé
Bukharin
Joan Plowright
Olga
Kevin McNally
Kirov
Aleksandr Feklistov
Nikolayev
Roshan Seth
Beria
Maximilian Schell
Vladimir Lenin
Ravil Isyanov
Yakov
Frank Finlay
Sergei
Levan Uchaneishvili
Kaganovich
Vsevolod Larionov
Dr. Lukomsky
Stella Gonet
Zina
Oleg Tabakov
Dr. Vinogradov
Clive Merrison
Molotov
Olga Anokhina
Yagoda's Wife
Colin Jeavons
Yagoda
Evgeniy Lazarev
Vyshinsky
John Bowe
Voroshilov
Vladimir Goryushin
Medved
Daniel Massey
Trotsky
Lev Prygunov
Medical Doctor
András Bálint
Zinoviev
Lisa Orgolini
Anya Larina
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Peasant Woman
Yuriy Vorobyov
NKVD officer
Stanislav Strelkov
Vasily
Emil Wolk
Kamenev
Murray Ewan
Khrushchev
Mátyás Usztics
Yezhov
Joanna Roth
Svetlana
Gulya Isyanov
Svetlana Age 12
Natalya Kislitsina
Trotsky's Wife
Nikolay Lazarev
Trotsky's Teenage Son
Irina Lazareva
Stalin's Housekeeper
Yelena Seropova
Beria's Wife

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