The Death of Stalin
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?
Release Date
October 20, 2017Runtime
107 minDirected by
Armando Iannucci, Angelica Pressello, Martin Curry, Anna Brabbins, Hanna Haffenden, Kevin Loader, Mykola Perestiuk, Jahn RamisScreenplay by
David Schneider, Ian Martin, Armando Iannucci, Fabien NuryLanguage
EnglishBudget
$13,000,000Revenue
$24,600,000Status
ReleasedCast
Steve Buscemi
Nikita KhrushchevSimon Russell Beale
Lavrenti BeriaJeffrey Tambor
Georgy MalenkovDermot Crowley
Lazar KaganovichMichael Palin
Vyacheslav MolotovPaul Whitehouse
Anastas MikoyanPaul Chahidi
Nicolai BulganinAndrea Riseborough
Svetlana StalinAdrian McLoughlin
Josef StalinJason Isaacs
Field Marshal ZhukovPaddy Considine
AndreyevRupert Friend
Vasily StalinOlga Kurylenko
Maria Veniaminovna YudinaTom Brooke
SergeiSylvestra Le Touzel
Nina KhrushchevJustin Edwards
Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1Paul Ready
NKVD Officer DelovYulya Muhrygina
Woman in Layers of ClothesAndrey Korzhenevskiy
Man in Layers of ClothesRoger Ashton-Griffiths
Musician #1Jeremy Limb
Musician #2Andy Gathergood
Citizen Bundled Into CarAlla Binieieva
Middle Aged WifeNicholas Woodeson
Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2Elaine Caxton
Mrs. BresnavichGeorge Potts
Concert DirectorCara Horgan
Lidiya TimashukNicholas Sidi
NKVD Officer KobulovJonny Phillips
NKVD Officer PervakTim Steed
SergeantJune Watson
Matryona PetrovnaAdam Shaw
NKVD Guard IlyinDaniel Tuite
NKVD Officer SlimonovDavid Crow
KhrustalyovKarl Johnson
Dr. LukomskyEmilio Iannucci
Young DoctorDaniel Booroff
Tall DoctorDan Mersh
Ice Hockey CoachRichard Brake
TarasovJames Barriscale
Army GeneralDaniel Tatarsky
NKVD Officer at Dacha GatesEva Sayer
Young WaitressDiana Quick
Polina MolotovaAdam Ewan
Prisoner at GulagMichael Ballard
Volga Guard ChasovPhil Deguara
Volga Guard ShulgaJonathan Aris
MezhnikovEwan Bailey
NKVD Officer AslanovSheng-Chien Tsai
TranslatorDave Wong
Zhou EnlaiSebastian Anton
NKVD Colonel EntinGerald Lepkowski
Leonid BrezhnevLuke D'Silva
MoskalenkoDaniel Chapple
Red Army GeneralEllen Evans
Teenage GirlOleh Drach
Red Army ColonelDaniel Fearn
Marshal KonevHenry Helm
Child Mourner (uncredited)Images
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