Up to the Neck or Bodybuilding - Russia

February 1996 Communism has not passed easily from Russia. Despite the implosion of the Soviet Union five years before this film was made, her cities are punctuated by the graphic reminders of the collapsed regime. Massive bronze archetypes still stand as a reminder of an authoritarian past. This film offers a personal insight into the life of the former sportsman who became the model for Stalin's tyrannical vision -- a living reminder of the true art of authority.