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?
- Director
- Armando Iannucci
- Writers
- Fabien Nury, David Schneider, Ian Martin
Themes1950sbased on true storybiographybitingblunt
Cast
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
