Stalin (1992 film)
| Stalin | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Biographical drama,Political thriller,Suspense |
| Written by | Paul Monash |
| Directed by | Ivan Passer |
| Starring |
Robert Duvall Julia Ormond Joan Plowright Jeroen Krabbé |
| Theme music composer | Stanislas Syrewicz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Carliner |
| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Editor(s) | Peter Davies |
| Running time | 172 minutes |
| Budget | 10 million[1][2] |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | November 21, 1992 |
Stalin is a 1992 television film, produced for HBO, starring Robert Duvall portraying Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The film won three Golden Globe Awards among various awards including cinematography awards for Vilmos Zsigmond[3] as well as best actor for Robert Duvall. Filming was done in Budapest, Hungary and Moscow, Russia, with extraordinary access to Kremlin buildings in the weeks surrounding the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.[4]
Plot
The film portrays the political career and personal life of the former leader of the Soviet Union, Georgian-born Ioseb Jughashvili, who later adopted the name Joseph Stalin demonstrating his rule and how he was able to bring the Soviet Union to a place of great power on the world stage, but at a consequence: in this case, the destruction of his family as well as the mass murder of millions of his own Revolutionary partners and ultimately his acts of corruption in the Communist Party. The focus is on the behaviour of Stalin and the after effects. The story is as narrated by Stalin's daughter, who defected to the United States in 1967.
Cast
- Robert Duvall as Joseph Stalin
- Julia Ormond as Nadezhda Alliluyeva
- Maximilian Schell as Vladimir Lenin
- Jeroen Krabbé as Nikolai Bukharin
- Joan Plowright as Olga Alliluyeva
- Frank Finlay as Sergei Alliluyev
- Daniel Massey as Leon Trotsky
- András Bálint as Grigory Zinoviev
- Emil Wolk as Lev Kamenev
- Roshan Seth as Lavrentiy Beria
- Mátyás Usztics as Nikolai Yezhov
- John Bowe as Kliment Voroshilov
- Jim Carter as Sergo Ordzhonikidze
- Murray Ewan as Nikita Khrushchev
- Stella Gonet as Zinaida Pavlutskaya Ordzhonikidze
- Elena Seropova as Nino Beria
- Colin Jeavons as Genrikh Yagoda
- Miriam Margolyes as Nadezhda Krupskaya
- Kevin McNally as Sergey Kirov
- Clive Merrison as Vyacheslav Molotov
- Lisa Orgolini as Anya Larina
- Joanna Roth as Svetlana Alliluyeva
- Aleksandr Feklistov as Leonid Nikolaev
Awards and nominations
Awards
- Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film – Robert Duvall
- Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film – Maximilian Schell
- Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film – Joan Plowright
- Outstanding Made for Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special
Nominations
- Best Miniseries or Television Film
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie – Robert Duvall
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie – Maximilian Schell
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie – Joan Plowright
References
- ↑ Winfrey, Lee. The Philadelphia Inquirer, "That Other Stalin in the Film, Duvall Becomes The Evil Ruler Incarnate," November 19, 2002.
- ↑ Scott, Tony. Variety, November 19, 2002.
- ↑ IMDb. Awards section.
- ↑ Stalin at the Internet Movie Database
External links
- Stalin at the Internet Movie Database
- Stalin at AllMovie