I Worked for Stalin

In lieu of the one-person autobiographical account suggested by the title, I Worked for Stalin plunges headfirst, into the web of power and intrigue present amid the six members of tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin's "innermost circle": Molotov, Suslov, Zhdanov, Malenkov, Khruschev, and Andreyev. Evincing dispassionate attention to detail, documentarian Semyon Aranovich dovetails archival footage and period eyewitness accounts to recount the men's power plays against one another as each wielded an unholy degree of influence over the fate of the populace.