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The Inner Circle (1991)
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The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictator's death... See full summary » Director:Andrey Konchalovskiy |
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Ivan Sanshin
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Anastasia
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Prof. Bartnev
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Bess Meyer | ... |
Katya (16 years)
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Mariya Baranova | ... |
Katya (10 years)
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Irina Kupchenko | ... |
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Vladimir Kuleshov | ... |
Colonel Schelkasov
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Vsevolod Larionov | ... |
General Rumiantsev
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Aleksandr Filippenko | ... |
Major Khitrov
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Evdokiya Germanova | ... |
Governess
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Lyubov Matyushina | ... |
Sonia Gubelman
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Aleksandr Garin | ... |
Vasily Morda
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Mariya Vinogradova | ... |
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Storyline
The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictator'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. Written by Martin H. Booda <booda@datasync.com>
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Ближний круг See more »Box Office
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While in Russia, Tom Hulce met with Alexander Ganshin (upon whose life the film was based) to better learn what it was like to work for Stalin. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The movie covers the years 1939 to Stalin's death in 1953. However, it constantly refers to the KGB, an organization that did not come into existence until 1954. Until then the USSR security service was known by a variety of names, most notably the NKVD (Narodny Komisariat Vnutrennykh Del or People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) between 1934 and 1943. It is this organization that Ivan would have joined in 1939. However, the sign on the NKVD headquarters in the film does read "NKVD" not "KGB". This refers only to foreign versions of movie, because in russian version names are correct. "NKVD" is used in early scenes and "MGB" in '50s. See more »Quotes
Katya: [On her parents] They're traitors! They tried to kill Stalin! They should be shot!See more »
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