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The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin

  • Status: Released
  • 20-10-2017
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Score: 7.005
  • Vote count: 1896

When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?

Steve Buscemi

Nikita Khrushchev

Simon Russell Beale

Lavrenti Beria

Jeffrey Tambor

Georgy Malenkov

Dermot Crowley

Lazar Kaganovich

Michael Palin

Vyacheslav Molotov

Paul Whitehouse

Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Chahidi

Nicolai Bulganin

Andrea Riseborough

Svetlana Stalin

Adrian McLoughlin

Josef Stalin

Jason Isaacs

Field Marshal Zhukov

Paddy Considine

Andreyev

Rupert Friend

Vasily Stalin

Olga Kurylenko

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Tom Brooke

Sergei

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Nina Khrushchev

Justin Edwards

Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1

Paul Ready

NKVD Officer Delov

Julia Mulligan

Woman in Layers of Clothes

Andrey Korzhenevskiy

Man in Layers of Clothes

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Musician #1

Jeremy Limb

Musician #2

Andy Gathergood

Citizen Bundled Into Car

Alexander Piskunov

Young Man Snitch

Ruslav Neupokoev

Middle Aged Man

Alla Binieieva

Middle Aged Wife

Nicholas Woodeson

Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2

Elaine Caxton

Mrs. Bresnavich

George Potts

Concert Director

Cara Horgan

Lidiya Timashuk

Nicholas Sidi

NKVD Officer Kobulov

Jonny Phillips

NKVD Officer Pervak

Alex Harvey-Brown

Soldier

Tim Steed

Sergeant

June Watson

Matryona Petrovna

Adam Shaw

NKVD Guard Ilyin

Daniel Tuite

NKVD Officer Slimonov

David Crow

Khrustalyov

Karl Johnson

Dr. Lukomsky

Emilio Iannucci

Young Doctor

Daniel Booroff

Tall Doctor

Dan Mersh

Ice Hockey Coach

Richard Brake

Tarasov

James Barriscale

Army General

Daniel Tatarsky

NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates

Eva Sayer

Young Waitress

Diana Quick

Polina Molotova

Adam Ewan

Prisoner at Gulag

Michael Ballard

Volga Guard Chasov

Phil Deguara

Volga Guard Shulga

Jonathan Aris

Mezhnikov

Katie McCreedy

Little Girl #2

Ewan Bailey

NKVD Officer Aslanov

Leeroy Murray

Zhukov's Chief of Staff

Keely Smith

Teenage Ostrich Girl

Sheng-Chien Tsai

Translator

Dave Wong

Zhou Enlai

Sergey Korshkov

NKVD Officer Fedin

Alexander Grigorivev

Father

Olga Dadukevich

Mother

Nastya Koshevatskaya

Daughter

Danya Bochkov

Son

Sebastian Anton

NKVD Colonel Entin

Nastya Karpenko

Little Girl #1

Gerald Lepkowski

Leonid Brezhnev

Luke D'Silva

Moskalenko

Daniel Chapple

Red Army General

Daniel Smith

Red Army Captain

Ellen Evans

Teenage Girl

Oleh Drach

Red Army Colonel

Daniel Fearn

Marshal Konev

Henry Helm

Child Mourner (uncredited)

Mex5150

An interesting, but somewhat worrying docudrama look at the United Kingdom if Comrade Corbyn ever came to power.

Gimly

Pretty genuinely funny, which I was not expecting. A great one for me and my roommate with a hammer and sickle tattoo to watch together. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

inspectors71

Oh, Lordy, how close were these characters to the real people? If you want to learn how illegitimate governments use and abuse power, this is your movie. Forget Seven Days in May, Downfall, All the President's Men, etc. This black-hearted comedy is about the machinations of the Politburo (or whatever these cunning clowns called themselves) to carve up power at the end of the reign of the 2nd worst mass murderer of all time, Josef Stalin. The callous disregard for the most basic respect for human life leaves one horrified, but the machine-gun delivery of snide and snark between these murderous clowns makes you squirm on the sofa. You know who the "good guys" are which, in itself, shows that same disrespect for human life. You feel conflicted because you've picked sides, and I picked Nikita Khrushchev, and not because he was played by Steve Buscemi ("Shut up, Donnie!). If you have no knowledge of the story of the power struggle after Uncle Joe vapor-locked and rolled to a halt, then accept that the history isn't terribly accurate, but who the hell cares? The viewer sees the mad rush to grab, grab, and grab when the megalomaniacal monster moves on to a luxury suite in Hell. These monsters seem human. I'm totally sure that a black comedy about Adolph or Mao would have the same cunning sleazeballs trying to add to the world's supply of worm food. You wouldn't shoot for a sequel. Everything you need to know is right here. What I found so disturbing about TDOS was the casual nature of killing people. Prisoners, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, NKVD leaders die with a terrified shout of "Long live, Stalin" and a sharp crack of a pistol. Sometimes that seems to go on and on and on in the echoing background cells of the Kremlin. You get used to the background noise. So, if you have a taste for the sort of humor you might find in "Best in Show," wherein one character exclaims how romantic it was to lock eyes on each other from their respective corner Starbucks, if you enjoy the feeling of being conflicted about picking good guys when everyone is saturated with Marxist evil, and/or if you like rolling back the video to find out if he or she really said THAT, then sit back and sip that vodka slowly.