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Release Date:
January 1, 1990
Original Title:
Я служил в аппарате Сталина, или Песни олигархов
Alternate Titles:
How I Worked Under Stalin, or Songs of the Oligarchs
Ya sluzhil v apparate Stalina, ili Pesni oligarkhov
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Golos
Lenfilm
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 67
Gain an inside look into the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin's reign of terror through eyewitness testimonies, archival photographs and rare film footage, which reveal the real-life backstabbing and power plays among Stalin's inner circle. This documentary follows the stories of such high-ranking officials as Andrei Zhdanov, Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov as they battled to secure their place in history by becoming Stalin's successor.
Camera Operator:
Vadim Ilin
Lyudmila Krasnova
Director:
Semyon Aranovich
Director of Photography:
Lev Kolganov
Editor:
Tamara Guseva
Music:
Aleksandr Knaifel
Producer:
Dmitriy Brodskiy
Writer:
Semyon Aranovich
Pavel Finn
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