The Death of Stalin (2017)
The Death of Stalin is a 2017 comedy movie directed by Armando Iannucci, with a running time of 1h 47m. It stars Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale and Jeffrey Tambor.
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?
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Cast
- Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev
- Simon Russell Beale as Lavrenti Beria
- Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov
- Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov
- Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov
- Rupert Friend as Vasily Stalin
- Andrea Riseborough as Svetlana Stalin
- Dermot Crowley as Lazar Kaganovich
- Paul Whitehouse as Anastas Mikoyan
- Paul Chahidi as Nicolai Bulganin
- Adrian McLoughlin as Josef Stalin
- Paddy Considine as Andreyev
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