Vsevolod Larionov

It is Ivan Sanshin's (Tom Hulce) wedding night, and the KGB is at his door. His neighbor was arrested an hour before; now, on this summer night in 1939, on this one of a thousand nights of purges during Joseph Stalin's reign, it is Ivan's turn to be taken away, and he is not sure he will ever see his bride (Lolita Davidovich) again. He has done nothing wrong, but that does not deter the KGB. A terrifying drive through the streets of Moscow takes him not, however, to disgrace and death, but into the innermost sanctum of Soviet power. Ivan Sanshin, humble projectionist for the KGB club, has been pressed into duty to show films to none other than Stalin himself. From this night on, Comrade Sanshin becomes Stalin's personal projectionist and part of his hero's inner circle.

A wrenching love that follows the true story of Ivan Sanshin and his beautiful wife Anastassia. Ivan is a simple man forced to choose between serving his country and following his heart. Pressed into service as Stalin's personal projectionist, Ivan Becomes part of the dictator's INNER CIRCLE, only to learn the tragic price of power.