The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to love Stalin as 'a father to all children'. He retains disturbing memories of the disappearance of his real father and, when a strange message is delivered to him, he's determined to find out the truth.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Tristram PowellDirector
- Nigel WilliamsWriter
Cast
- Freddie JonesAgejev
- Kenneth ColleySergej
- Polly WalkerNadja
- Richard WilsonLebedev
- Daniel EastlandStepan
- Bernard KayStalin
- Ken RobertsonPauker
- Tony QuantStepan (aged 3)
- Laurence ZageVassily Ikramov
- James FrenchSasha
- Igor GridneffComrade Grosberg
- Graham CrowdenLipetkin