The Inner Circle (1991 film)

The Inner Circle is a 1991 drama film by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky, telling the story of Joseph Stalins private projectionist and KGB officer Ivan Sanchin between 1939 and 1953, Stalins year of death. Sanchin is played by Tom Hulce, and the film costars 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.

This true story is of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalins private film projectionist from 1939 until Stalins death. Told from Sanchins 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 wifes affair with the chilling State Security chief Lavrentii Beria and her tragic decline, and the deadly political machinations within the Kremlin he witnesses firsthand.

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