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The Death of Stalin
He’s dead, and the backstabbing has just begun.
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?
- Original title
- The Death of Stalin
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Revenue
- $24,600,000
inspectors71
May 26, 2023 · via TMDB
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.
Gimly
Mar 9, 2018 · via TMDB
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._
Mex5150
Feb 25, 2018 · via TMDB
An interesting, but somewhat worrying docudrama look at the United Kingdom if Comrade Corbyn ever came to power.
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Steve Buscemi
Nikita Khrushchev
Simon Russell Beale
Lavrenti Beria
Jeffrey Tambor
Georgy Malenkov
Jason Isaacs
Field Marshal Zhukov
Michael Palin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Rupert Friend
Vasily Stalin
Andrea Riseborough
Svetlana Stalin
Dermot Crowley
Lazar Kaganovich
Paul Whitehouse
Anastas Mikoyan
Paul Chahidi
Nicolai Bulganin
Adrian McLoughlin
Josef Stalin
Paddy Considine
Andreyev
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
Alla Binieieva
Middle Aged Wife
Nicholas Woodeson
Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
Elaine Caxton
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George Potts
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Lidiya Timashuk
Nicholas Sidi
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Jonny Phillips
NKVD Officer Pervak
Tim Steed
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June Watson
Matryona Petrovna
Adam Shaw
NKVD Guard Ilyin
Daniel Tuite
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David Crow
Khrustalyov
Karl Johnson
Dr. Lukomsky
Emilio Iannucci
Young Doctor
Daniel Booroff
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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
Ewan Bailey
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Sheng-Chien Tsai
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Dave Wong
Zhou Enlai
Sebastian Anton
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Gerald Lepkowski
Leonid Brezhnev
Luke D'Silva
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Daniel Chapple
Red Army General
Ellen Evans
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Oleh Drach
Red Army Colonel
Daniel Fearn
Marshal Konev
Henry Helm
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Charlotte Dirickx
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Paul Herbert
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Matt Crook
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Armando Iannucci
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Sarah Crowe
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André Logie
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Gaëtan David
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Laurent Zeitoun
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Nicolas Duval Adassovsky
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Yann Zenou
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Armando Iannucci
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David Schneider
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