Oleg MASARYGIN
Олег МАССАРЫГИН
Oleg MASSARYGUINE
Mira TODOROVSKAYA
Мира ТОДОРОВСКАЯ
Mira TODOROVSKAIA
Russia, 2006, 230mn 
Colour,
Zhena Stalina
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Жена Сталина

 

 Zhena Stalina

 La Femme de Staline

 
Directed by : Oleg MASARYGIN (Олег МАССАРЫГИН), Mira TODOROVSKAYA (Мира ТОДОРОВСКАЯ)
Writing credits : Mira TODOROVSKAYA (Мира ТОДОРОВСКАЯ)
 
Cast
Olga BUDINA (Ольга БУДИНА)
Vadim DEMCHOG (Вадим ДЕМЧОГ)
Avtandil SKHIRTLADZE (Автандил СХИРТЛАДЗЕ) ... Staline
 
Cinematography : Pavel KULAKOV (Павел КУЛАКОВ)
Production design : Aleksey AKSYONOV (Алексей АКСЕНОВ)
Produced by : Mira TODOROVSKAYA (Мира ТОДОРОВСКАЯ)
Companies : Studio “Myrabel”
 

Plot synopsis
[...]unlike most of the work that has been done over the decades that tends to focus on political and historical matters, Stalin's Wife attempts to develop a less hackneyed perspective. It looks at the private life of the Soviet leader's second wife, Nadezhda Allilueva, and her experiences with Stalin.[...]
Jamie Miller, kinokultura.com
 

commentaries
Oleg Massarygin and Mira Todorovskaia : Stalin's Wife (Zhena Stalina, 2006), Jamie MILLER, kinokultura.com, 2008
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Stalin in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2007

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