The Inner Circle (film)

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The Inner Circle

Directed by	Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by	Anatoli Usov
Starring	Tom Hulce Lolita Davidovich Bob Hoskins Aleksandr Zbruyev Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.
Release date(s)	1991
Running time	137 min
Language	English
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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, the dictator's year of death. 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 had a nomination in the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival and the 1993 Nika Awards.

[edit] Plot

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.