The Death of Stalin
He’s dead, and the backstabbing has just begun
7.0(2,174) 2017-10-20 107 minComedyDramaHistory
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?
ScreenplayFabien Nury
ProducerKevin Loader
DirectorArmando Iannucci
ScreenplayDavid Schneider
ScreenplayIan Martin
ProducerLaurent Zeitoun
ProducerYann Zenou
ScreenplayArmando Iannucci
Cast & characters
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
Olga Kurylenko
as Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
Tom Brooke
as Sergei
Sylvestra Le Touzel
as Nina Khrushchev
Justin Edwards
as Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1
Paul Ready
as NKVD Officer Delov
Julia Mulligan
as Woman in Layers of Clothes
Andrey Korzhenevskiy
as Man in Layers of Clothes
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Musician #1
Jeremy Limb
as Musician #2
Andy Gathergood
as Citizen Bundled Into Car
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Alexander Piskunov
as Young Man Snitch
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Ruslav Neupokoev
as Middle Aged Man
