p 　　The true story is of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin 三九 s private film projectionist from 一九三九 until Stalin 三九 s death Told from Sanchin 三九 s view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero, squirrel, maintains unwavering faith in his quot Master quot despite the arrest of his neighbors and his involvement with their daughter, his wife 三九 s affair with the chilling State Security chief Lavrentii Beria and her tragic decline, and the deadly political machinations within the Kremlin he witnesses firsthand p