The Death of Stalin (2017) movie poster

The Death of Stalin (2017)

He’s dead, and the backstabbing has just begun

107 minRComedyDramaHistory

TMDb7.0/102,162 votes

IMDb7.3/10125,469 votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic88/100

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?

Country: Belgium, Canada, France, United Kingdom, United States

Director: Armando Iannucci

Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA 18 wins & 40 nominations total

Box office: $8,047,856

Cast

Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev

Steve Buscemi

Nikita Khrushchev

Simon Russell Beale as Lavrenti Beria

Simon Russell Beale

Lavrenti Beria

Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov

Jeffrey Tambor

Georgy Malenkov

Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov

Jason Isaacs

Field Marshal Zhukov

Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov

Michael Palin

Vyacheslav Molotov

Rupert Friend as Vasily Stalin

Rupert Friend

Vasily Stalin

Andrea Riseborough as Svetlana Stalin

Andrea Riseborough

Svetlana Stalin

Dermot Crowley as Lazar Kaganovich

Dermot Crowley

Lazar Kaganovich

Paul Whitehouse as Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Whitehouse

Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Chahidi as Nicolai Bulganin

Paul Chahidi

Nicolai Bulganin

Adrian McLoughlin as Josef Stalin

Adrian McLoughlin

Josef Stalin

Paddy Considine as Andreyev

Paddy Considine

Andreyev

Olga Kurylenko as Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Olga Kurylenko

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Tom Brooke as Sergei

Tom Brooke

Sergei

Keywords

Style:dark comedysatirepolitical satire

Plot:chaosdictatorsocialismbiographybased on true storyjoseph stalinbitingdeathbluntmilitarycommunismregimecomplicateddisheartening

Time:1950s