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
Julia Ormond
Nadya Alliluyeva
Jim Carter
Sergo
Miriam Margolyes
Krupskaya
Jeroen Krabbé
Bukharin
Joan Plowright
Olga
Kevin McNally
Kirov
Roshan Seth
Beria
Frank Finlay
Sergei
Stella Gonet
Zina
Ravil Isyanov
Yakov
Levan Uchaneishvili
Kaganovich
Maximilian Schell
Vladimir Lenin
John Bowe
Voroshilov
Daniel Massey
Trotsky
Evgeniy Lazarev
Vyshinsky
Colin Jeavons
Yagoda
Clive Merrison
Molotov
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Peasant Woman
Oleg Tabakov
Dr. Vinogradov
Aleksandr Feklistov
Nikolayev
Lisa Orgolini
Anya Larina
Lev Prygunov
Medical Doctor
András Bálint
Zinoviev
Olga Anokhina
Yagoda's Wife
Emil Wolk
Kamenev
Stanislav Strelkov
Vasily
Vsevolod Larionov
Dr. Lukomsky
Vladimir Goryushin
Medved
Mátyás Usztics
Yezhov
Murray Ewan
Khrushchev
Yuriy Vorobyov
NKVD officer
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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