My Best Friend, General Vasili, Son of Joseph Stalin

My Best Friend, General Vasili, the Son of Joseph Stalin
Directed by Viktor Sadovsky
Written by Valentin Ezhov
Starring Boris Schcherbakov
Vladimir Steklov
Andrei Boltnev
Irina Malysheva
Andrei Tolubeyev
Petr Shelokhonov
Igor Yefimov
Georgi Shtil
Ernst Romanov
Valentina Kovel
Music by Vladlen Chistyakov
Cinematography Vadim Grammatikov
Edited by G. Baranova
Production
company
Lenfilm
Leninterfilm
Kraun
Distributed by -Soviet Union-
Lenfilm
-non-Soviet Union
Leninterfilm / Kraun
Release dates
1991
Running time
102 min.
Country Soviet Union Soviet Union
Belgium Belgium
Language English
Russian

My Best Friend, General Vasili, the Son of Joseph Stalin (Russian: Мой лучший друг генерал Василий, сын Иосифа ) is a 1991 film, directed by Viktor Sadovsky and starring Boris Schcherbakov and Vladimir Steklov.

Plot summary

Biopic film, based on a true story of friendship between Vasili Stalin, the son of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and the famous Russian sports star Vsevolod Bobrov.

Vasili Stalin was Lieut. General of the Red Army in charge of the Army and Airforce sports teams. He befriended the talented athlete Bagrov (Bobrov) and made him a sports star in the Soviet Union. After each game played by his "toy-star" Bobrov, General Vasili Stalin would throw massive and wild drinking parties, with women dancing on their dining table among bottles of vodka. But after the death of his father, general Vasili Stalin was arrested by the new Soviet leadership, and was charged with "anti-Soviet" conspiracy, because of his opinions expressed in conversations with foreign diplomats.

Cast

Main Characters

Cameos

Yan Yanakiev, Ernst Romanov, Andrei Ponomaryov, I. Myachina, Anatoli Rudakov, Aleksandr Berda, Sergei Losev, Yevgeni Barkov, Yuri Dedovich, Yevgeni Dergachyov, Mikhail Devyatkin, Yefim Yoffe, Nikolai Makarov, Viktor Solovyov, A. Strepetov, Aleksei Vanin, Ye. Yerofeyev, O. Yudi, Yu. Zabludovsky

Crew

Production

Release

Reception

Facts of film production

Facts of history

External links

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