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 | Stanisław Syrewicz |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Mark Carliner |
Production locations | Moscow Budapest |
Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
Editor | Peter Davies |
Running time | 172 minutes |
Production company | HBO Pictures |
Distributor | HBO MGM Television (US) Warner Bros. Television (International) |
Budget | 10 million[1][2] |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Dolby |
Original release | November 21, 1992 |
Stalin is a 1992 HBO television film starring Robert Duvall as Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Filming was done in Budapest and Moscow with extraordinary access to Kremlin buildings in the weeks surrounding the Dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991.
Plot[edit]
The film portrays the political career and personal life of the former leader of the Soviet Union, Georgian-born Joseph Dzhugashvili, 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 Russian Revolutionary partners, and ultimately his acts of corruption in the Communist Party. The focus is on the behavior of Stalin and the after effects of Stalin dying in March 1953 with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev taking over as Soviet Union Leader. The story is narrated by Stalin's daughter Svetlana, who defected to the United States during the Johnson Administration in 1967.
Cast[edit]
- 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 Nikolay 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
- Ravil Isyanov as Yakov Dzhugashvili
- Joanna Roth as Svetlana Alliluyeva
- Aleksandr Feklistov as Leonid Nikolaev
- Stanislav Strelkov as Vasily Stalin
- Vsevolod Larionov as doctor Lukomsky
- Oleg Tabakov as doctor Vinogradov (credited as Oleg Tobakov)
Awards and nominations[edit]
Awards[edit]
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film – Robert Duvall
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film – Maximilian Schell
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film – Joan Plowright
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
Nominations[edit]
- Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie – Robert Duvall
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie – Maximilian Schell
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie – Joan Plowright
References[edit]
- ^ Winfrey, Lee. The Philadelphia Inquirer, "That Other Stalin in the Film, Duvall Becomes The Evil Ruler Incarnate," November 19, 2002.
- ^ Scott, Tony. "Review: ‘Stalin’." Variety, November 18, 1992.
External links[edit]
- 1992 television films
- 1992 films
- 1992 drama films
- 1990s historical films
- Political drama films
- Biographical films about politicians
- Biographical films about revolutionaries
- HBO Films films
- Hungarian television films
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie winners
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films set in the 1920s
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films set in Moscow
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the Soviet Union
- Films about Joseph Stalin
- Films shot in Moscow
- Films shot in Budapest
- Films shot in Hungary
- Cultural depictions of Vladimir Lenin
- Cultural depictions of Leon Trotsky
- Cultural depictions of Nikita Khrushchev
- Cultural depictions of Lavrentiy Beria
- Films directed by Ivan Passer