The Inner Circle (1991 film)

The Inner Circle
Directed by	Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by	Anatoli Usov
Starring	Tom Hulce Lolita Davidovich Bob Hoskins Aleksandr Zbruyev Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 25, 1991 (1991-12-25)
Running time	137 minutes
Countries	United States Italy Russia
Language	English
Box office	$93,292

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, Stalin's year of death. Sanchin is played by Tom Hulce, and the film co-stars 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.

The Inner Circle was nominated awards at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival and the 1993 Nika Awards.

Plot

This true story is of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until Stalin'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.

Cast

• Tom Hulce as Ivan Sanshin
• Lolita Davidovich as Anastasia
• Bob Hoskins as Beria
• Aleksandr Zbruyev as Stalin
• Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Prof. Bartnev
• Bess Meyer as Katya (16 years)
• Mariya Baranova as Katya (10 years)
• Irina Kupchenko as Directress
• Vladimir Kuleshov as Colonel Schelkasov
• Vsevolod Larionov as General Rumiantsev
• Aleksandr Filippenko as Major Khitrov
• Evdokiya Germanova as Governess

External links

• The Inner Circle at IMDb
• The Inner Circle at Box Office Mojo