The Inner Circle (1991)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Andrei Konchalovsky

Escritores (WGA):

Andrei Konchalovsky (written by) &
Anatoli Usov (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 diciembre 1991 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Projectionist | WWII | Josef Stalin | Socialism | 1930s

Premios:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

exceptional film

Reparto

Tom Hulce	...	Ivan Sanshin
Lolita Davidovich	...	Anastasia
Bob Hoskins	...	Beria
Aleksandr Zbruyev	...	Stalin
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Prof. Bartnev
Bess Meyer	...	Katya (16 years)
Mariya Baranova	...	Katya (10 years)
Irina Kupchenko	...	Directress
Vladimir Kuleshov	...	Colonel Schelkasov
Vsevolod Larionov	...	General Rumiantsev
Aleksandr Filippenko	...	Major Khitrov
Yevdokiya Germanova	...	Governess
Lyubov Matyushina	...	Sonia Gubelman
Aleksandr Garin	...	Vasily Morda
Mariya Vinogradova	...	Fedosia

También conocida como:

Ближний круг (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Blizhniy krug (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Il proiezionista (Italy)
The Projectionist (USA) (working title)
El círculo del poder (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

137 min

País:

Italy | Soviet Union | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Moscow, Russia

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

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.

Errores:

Anacronismos: 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.

Citas:

Anastasia: Who do you love more, me or Comrade Stalin?
Ivan Sanshin: [without hesitation] Comrade Stalin, of course!

Conexiones de Película:

Apariciones The Great Waltz (1938)

exceptional film

This is a very rare picture, in that Western films very, very rarely mention Stalin and even fewer feature him on film. It's funny because although several movies have been made about Hitler, films about Stalin (and Mao) are conspicuously absent. That is why I appreciated this film so much. Although Stalin was not the MAIN character in the movie, but his projectionist, it gave great insights into this monstrous man. What also is very interesting is how Hulce's character adores Staline, but over time he becomes more and more horrified of him--sort of like how the USSR viewed him over time as well.

The acting, direction and camera work are all excellent and there is really nothing negative I can say about the film. An unusual and important film historically.