What is the duration of The Inner Circle?

The duration of The Inner Circle is 137 mins.

What is the original language of The Inner Circle?

The original language of The Inner Circle is English.

Who directed The Inner Circle?

The Inner Circle was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.

Which studio made The Inner Circle?

The Inner Circle was produced by Columbia Pictures.

What is the total box office for The Inner Circle?

The total box office for The Inner Circle is $93292.

The Inner Circle 1991

Q: Does The Inner Circle have end credit scenes?

The Inner Circle does not have end credit scenes.

Drama

History

Box Office

$93K

Runtime

137 mins

Language

English

Explosive. Unforgettable. True. Life changes for a Moscow worker when he’s made Stalin’s personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride.

Columbia Pictures

Studio

Andrei Konchalovsky

Director

Does The Inner Circle have end credit scenes?

No!

The Inner Circle does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of The Inner Circle

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Bob Hoskins

Beria

Tom Hulce

Ivan Sanshin

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Prof. Bartnev

Lolita Davidovich

Anastasia

Aleksandr Feklistov

Bolshakov

Aleksandr Pashutin

Commandant of the Train

Oleg Tabakov

Vlasik

Olga Volkova

Tamara Petrovna (uncredited)

Lyubov Matyushina

Sonia Gubelman

Aleksandr Sirin

Voronkin

Viktor Balabanov

Molotov

Irina Lazareva

Barbara (Waitress)

Evdokiya Germanova

Governess

Aleksandr Zbruev

Stalin

Vladimir Steklov

Chrustalev

Irina Kupchenko

Directress

Aleksandr Garin

Vasily Morda

Sergei Artsybashev

Beria's Officer

Aleksandr Filippenko

Major Khitrov

Bess Meyer

Katya (16 years)

Vladimir Kuleshov

colonel Shchelkasov

Mikhail Kononov

Voroshilov

Vsevolod Larionov

General Rumiantsev

Mariya Vinogradova

Fedosia

Mariya Baranova

Katya (10 years)

Aleksandr Lipkov

Aaron Gubelman

Antonina Anokhina

Claudia Morda

Elena Borzunova

Popova (Girl Officer)

Vira Yefraimova

Kathy (3 years)

Ilya Chanbudanov

Kaganovich

Viktor Uralsky

Kalinin

Valentin Cheryakov

Malenkov

Victor Tardian

Mikoyan

Ivan Teplov

Projectionist

Ivanova Petrova

Tanya

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Full Plot Summary and Ending Explained for The Inner Circle

Read the complete plot summary of The Inner Circle, including all major events, twists, and the full ending explained in detail. Explore key characters, themes, hidden meanings, and everything you need to understand the story from beginning to end.

Ivan Sanshin, Tom Hulce, works as a projectionist at the headquarters of the state security service and is urgently summoned to the Kremlin. His skill earns him a private projectionist post to Stalin, Aleksandr Zbruev, and his inner circle, including the head of state security, Beria Bob Hoskins.

Shortly after this, a Russian Jewish couple in his cramped apartment building is arrested, leaving behind their little daughter Katya, Mariya Baranova. Anastasia, Ivan’s wife, would like to adopt the child, but Ivan refuses because the parents are “enemies of the people”. Yet Anastasia secretly visits Katya at a state orphanage.

As German troops approach Moscow in 1941, Ivan and Anastasia are sent on a train to a safe town. Beria accompanies them and, in a moment of drunken violence, rapes Anastasia, sending Ivan back to Moscow. For a long time he hears nothing of her until she reappears, pregnant and abandoned. The trauma has unhinged her, and she ultimately takes her own life.

In 1953, the lonely Ivan is visited by Katya, now a 17-year-old, who treasures the memory of Anastasia’s affection. Ivan offers help, but she says she wants to go her own way.

Following Stalin’s death, Ivan, while on crowd-control duty to the masses waiting to view the corpse, sees Katya being jostled in the crush. He rushes in to rescue her and, this time, she is ready to accept his protection.

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The Inner Circle Themes and Keywords

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The Inner Circle Other Names and Titles

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