“…Duration: 00:28:00 In 1989 the Finnish documentary filmmaker sets out to trace the Buriat lady who as a 5-year-old kid was featured on the photo "The Child On the Hands of Stalin". The picture became an iconic image of the dictator who adores children and printed by millions of copies in the 1950s. …”

“…Also included are home movies of Stalin, his family and his inner circle. I Was Stalin's Bodyguard is neither blatantly pro- nor anti-Stalin; it offers the facts, then allows the viewer to make up his or her own mind.…”

“…Film about Stalin's closest circle: Molotov, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, Beria, Kalinin, and about their role in shaping Stalin's policy, in mass purges, and campaigns against the 'enemies of the people.' …”

“…The film 'rewrites' the history of the revolution to emphasize the role of Stalin.…”

“…Leipzig DOK Festival 1965 - Special Prize of the Jury (Long Footage Category) Romm's "Ordinary Fascism" pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s-1940s Europe, but also to a firmest of convictions that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world. the film was released in 1965, in the Soviet Union's heyday at the height of the great societal and intellectual "thaw" that followed the Stalin's death and the denunciation of Stalin's totalitarianism by Nikita Khruschev. …”

“…Personality cult film, magnifying' Stalin's role in the history of the October Revolution and the Civil War.…”

“…The story presents the vicissitudes of a soldier at the front and his sweetheart in a German forced labor camp, juxtaposed with sequences of Stalin and Hitler conducting the war. Stalin, wise, kind and, of course, a supreme military leader is hilarious, Hitler is a mere caricature. …”

“…The war is represented by the two parallel lines - the battles taking place at the front and Stalin commanding from the Kremlin. The latter line dominates: the film contains numerous meetings of the Soviet generals with Stalin, who has a wise solution to any problem. …”

“…He is haunted by the ghosts of the violent years of the Stalin rule, whom he served so well. Ultimately they ruin everything that he has accomplished throughout his career.…”

“…They go to Red Square with hundreds of other people, and join Stalin with their vow to follow Lenin's path. In the rest of the film Varvara’s family lives through the socialist construction of a tractor factory in Stalingrad, they participate in WWII, and after the war they once again meet with Stalin.…”

“…Celebrating the 70th birthday of Stalin. Exhibition of presents of all sorts to the "Leader of the Nations". …”

“…This movie was commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet revolution.…”

“…This movie was commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet revolution.…”

“…Grandiose and festive celebration of Stalin.…”

“…Besides, it promotes Stalin's role in the progress that has been made since the "equalizing" Revolution.…”

“…The murder was used by Stalin to start the purges against the Zinoviev's Bolshevik 'old guard' in Leningrad.…”

“…The mosaic vision of 1953, the year of Stalin's death and a mounting anti-Semitic campaign. …”