Svetlana About Svetlana (2008)
Svetlana Parshina was deeply moved by her childhood reading of Twenty Letters to a Friend by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter. Years later, learning that the now 82-year-old was living incognito in a Madison, Wisconsin retirement home, Parshina phones and requests an interview. After repeated denials, and only after insisting upon certain conditions, the now-82-year-old Alliluyeva finally consents to a rare filmed interview in which she discusses her education, marriages, her children, the development of her own humanistic philosophy, her CIA-assisted defection to the U.S., and her skeptical views on the competing Cold War ideologies. In more intimate moments, she discusses her childhood, her nanny, the suicide of her mother, her brothers Vasily and Yakov (who died in a Nazi concentration camp) and, of course, her famous father, who most Soviets saw as "a living God."
Cast
- Svetlana Alliluyeva - Stalin's daughter
- Lana Parshina - Interviewer
- Joseph Stalin - (archive footage)
- Nadezhda Alliluyeva - Svetlana's mother
- Stephen Fode - Warden
Screenplay
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Svetlana About Svetlana about?
- Svetlana Parshina was deeply moved by her childhood reading of Twenty Letters to a Friend by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter. Years later, learning that the now 82-year-old was living incognito in a Madison, Wisconsin retirement home, Parshina phones and requests an interview. After repeated denials, and only after insisting upon certain conditions, the now-82-year-old Alliluyeva finally consents to a rare filmed interview in which she discusses her education, marriages, her children, the development of her own humanistic philosophy, her CIA-assisted defection to the U.S., and her skeptical views on the competing Cold War ideologies. In more intimate moments, she discusses her childhood, her nanny, the suicide of her mother, her brothers Vasily and Yakov (who died in a Nazi concentration camp) and, of course, her famous father, who most Soviets saw as "a living God."
- Who directed Svetlana About Svetlana?
- Svetlana About Svetlana was directed by Lana Parshina.
- Who stars in Svetlana About Svetlana?
- Svetlana About Svetlana stars Svetlana Alliluyeva, Lana Parshina, Joseph Stalin, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stephen Fode.
- How long is Svetlana About Svetlana?
- Svetlana About Svetlana has a runtime of 44m (44 minutes).
- What genre is Svetlana About Svetlana?
- Svetlana About Svetlana is a Documentary film.
- Where was Svetlana About Svetlana produced?
- Svetlana About Svetlana was produced in Russia, United States of America.