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      The Inner Circle

      PG-13 1991 2h 17m Drama List
      50% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Life changes for a Moscow worker (Tom Hulce) when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride (Lolita Davidovich). Read More Read Less

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      David Ansen Newsweek What begins as an intoxicating champagne cocktail goes flat. Ultimately, surprisingly, the film's wildly beating heart is cold. Feb 8, 2018 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 1.5/5 Jan 21, 2003 Full Review Murray Kempton The New York Review of Books The Inner Circle's intention is... heroic, and its achievement admirable. Aug 13, 2018 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant As Konchalovsky moves farther and farther from the Kremlin, The Inner Circle cracks apart. Apr 25, 2018 Full Review Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com Rated: 4/5 May 7, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member An excellent and honest look into the casual brutality and "cult of personality" of Joseph Stalin through the eyes of a child-like projectionist. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member why is tom hulce so awesome Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member In my top 10 of all time! Tom Hulce is perfect like always(Amadeus) and Lolita Davidovich touched me so much... I could not stop crying. The music from Eduard Artimiyev is a pure bliss like always... Thanx Eduard for sharing your music <3 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A fine gem of a film that pretty much got zero publicity or marketing here in the United States...which is really unfortunate, because Andrei Konchalovsky, the director, says he made this film "to try to explain Russia to the Americans." Ivan Sanchin was Stalin's personal projectionist from 1939 until Stalin's death. He desperately clung to his love and respect for the dictator even as terrible things were happening to the people all around him; his desire to be part of the "inner circle" blinded him to the fact that he was in service to a man who was directly responsible for the deaths of millions. Despite its dark themes, I like this film for the same reason I watch movies about the Holocaust: to be reminded that no matter how far we progress, we are still capable of turning a blind eye toward evil. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member if u can tell me how cn i get a copy of this great movie.. i would appreciate it.. its good touching up to my spine..see how russian take stalin as their god Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member interesting, but too much... "acting"? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Life changes for a Moscow worker (Tom Hulce) when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride (Lolita Davidovich).
      Director
      Andrey Konchalovskiy
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $544.1K
      Runtime
      2h 17m
      Sound Mix
      Surround