The Inner Circle (1991 film)
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| Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Written by | Anatoli Usov |
| Starring |
Tom Hulce Lolita Davidovich Bob Hoskins Aleksandr Zbruyev Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country |
United States Italy Russia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $93,292 |
The Inner Circle is a 1991 drama film by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky, telling the story of Joseph Stalin's private projectionist and KGB officer Ivan Sanchin between 1939 and 1953, Stalin's year of death. Sanchin is played by Tom Hulce, and the film co-stars Lolita Davidovitch and Bob Hoskins. The film is based on a true story and is an American, Italian and Russian production. It is in English and has a running time of 137 minutes.
The Inner Circle was nominated awards at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival[1] and the 1993 Nika Awards.
Plot
This true story is of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until Stalin's death. Told from Sanchin's view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero maintains unwavering faith in his "Master" despite the arrest of his neighbors and his involvement with their daughter, his wife's affair with the chilling State Security chief Lavrentii Beria and her tragic decline, and the deadly political machinations within the Kremlin he witnesses firsthand.
Cast
- Tom Hulce as Ivan Sanshin
- Lolita Davidovich as Anastasia
- Bob Hoskins as Beria
- Aleksandr Zbruyev as Stalin
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Prof. Bartnev
- Bess Meyer as Katya (16 years)
- Mariya Baranova as Katya (10 years)
- Irina Kupchenko as Directress
- Vladimir Kuleshov as Colonel Schelkasov
- Vsevolod Larionov as General Rumiantsev
- Aleksandr Filippenko as Major Khitrov
- Evdokiya Germanova as Governess
References
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1992 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
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