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Re: Khruschev in World War II
by jack_cerf

Well, Hollywood history is Hollywood history, and Enemy at the Gates was a truly crappy piece of cheese, but Bob Hoskins' performance as Khruschev was one of the best things in it. I love the way he referred to Stalin as "the Boss," and you can bet all the junior political officers were literally scared to death of him.

Of course, as a child of the 1950s, I've always had a soft spot for Fat Nikita, the only actual worker and peasant ever to rule the USSR -- and it showed. The American press made a real character out of him.

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