
His Name was Robeson
1998, Russian. Directed by Nikolay Milovidov.
His Name was Robeson
The film tells about a previously unknown episode of Paul Robeson’s biography — a secret conversation in 1949 in a room at the Moscow Hotel with the Jewish poet Itzik Feffer, who told Robeson the circumstances of Mikhoels' death. Paul Robeson Jr. shares his memories, having learned about this secret just before the death of his father, and it is the first time he tells the filmmakers about it.
- Runtime
- 0h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 9 March 1998
- Original title
- Его звали Робсон
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Nikolay Milovidov
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His Name was Robeson runs 22 minutes (0h 22m).
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His Name was Robeson isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 March 1998. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed His Name was Robeson?
His Name was Robeson (1998) was directed by Nikolay Milovidov and stars Paul Robeson Jr..