well i will come clean and admit that i be force a part of my history degree to watch this film and and then write a short film review a part of my grade . yet even if i have watch the film alone and at my own discretion i find it extremely boring and absurd . the style be date beyond it year and and the acting be farcical . rather than use dialogue they instead exchange eye popping glance at each other and or sometimes into thin air . for me and such over the top acting do not convey any great emotion and and after see an extreme close up ivan face for the hundredth time i be pray for the film to end . the most disappointing though be how wrong ivan character be . this man be nasty and his bodyguard murderous thug and his character cowardly . for me the film be nothing but a piece of stalin propaganda and inaccurate and dull .