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.
Cast
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
Murray Ewan
Khrushchev
Stella Gonet
Zina
Ravil Isyanov
Yakov
Colin Jeavons
Yagoda
Kevin McNally
Kirov
Clive Merrison
Molotov
Lisa Orgolini
Anya Larina
Joanna Roth
Svetlana
Emil Wolk
Kamenev
Levan Uchaneishvili
Kaganovich
Mátyás Usztics
Yezhov
Oleg Tabakov
Dr. Vinogradov
Aleksandr Feklistov
Nikolayev
Vladimir Goryushin
Medved
Olga Anokhina
Yagoda's Wife
Gulya Isyanov
Svetlana Age 12
Natalya Kislitsina
Trotsky's Wife
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Peasant Woman
Vsevolod Larionov
Dr. Lukomsky
Evgeniy Lazarev
Vyshinsky
Nikolay Lazarev
Trotsky's Teenage Son
Irina Lazareva
Stalin's Housekeeper
Lev Prygunov
Medical Doctor
Stanislav Strelkov
Vasily
Yuriy Vorobyov
NKVD officer
Aleksandr Orlov
Guard Officer
Yelena Seropova
Beria's Wife
Crew
Ivan Passer
Director
Paul Monash
Writer
Peter Davies
Editor
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Leonid Vereshchagin
Producer
Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer
Mark Carliner
Producer
Pál Sándor
Co-Producer
Ilene Kahn Power
Co-Producer
Péter Koltai
Line Producer
Donald L. West
Line Producer
Keith Wilson
Production Design
Joyce Nettles
Casting
Marit Allen
Costume Design
Natalya Ivanova
Costume Design
Stanisław Syrewicz
Original Music Composer
Pasha Shilov
Location Manager
György Sánta
Production Manager
Vera Loosz
Production Manager
Alistair Kay
Art Direction
Vladimir Murzin
Art Direction
