The Inner Circle (1991)
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 ... See full summary »
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Ivan Sanshin -
Anastasia -
Beria -
Stalin -
Prof. Bartnev -
Katya (16 years) -
Katya (10 years) -
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Colonel Schelkasov -
General Rumiantsev -
Major Khitrov -
Governess -
Sonia Gubelman
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Vasily Morda
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Fedosia
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Director:
Andrey KonchalovskiyWriters:
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Trivia
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.
Quotes
Stalin:
I know everything about everything.
Goofs
The moment than Ivan Sunchin has a meeting with his NKVD (KGB) superiors in Moscow's "Revolutionary Square" Metro Station. Just before coming in to his superior bunker office, he is strolling along the station. The plan of Arbatsko - Pokrovskaya line is visible on a wall of the station . The plan consist of five or six transfers to other lines of the Moscow metro, which was current for Moscow metro circa early 1990s, not 1940s than movie plot set. In early 1940s Arbatsko - Pokrovskaya line had only two transfers to other lines, and metro plan looked different.
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Genres
Biography | Drama | HistoryDetails
Release Date:
25 December 1991Language
English
Country of Origin
Italy, Soviet Union, USAFilming Locations
RussiaBox Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$36,782 29 December 1991
Gross USA:
$93,292
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$93,292
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