

History's most brutal dictator left heirs who never escaped his shadow.
The plot of this documentary is dedicated to the tragic fate of Joseph Stalin's grandchildren.
Direction
Shulepov lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Acting
Chonishvili's narration drips with weary empathy.
Director
Denis Shulepov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yevgeny Dzhugashvili actually sued newspapers for calling his grandfather a criminal—he died in 2016 still defending Stalin.
This 2014 release coincided with Russia's renewed Stalin nostalgia; director Shulepov struggled to find distribution inside Russia.
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