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A 2017 black comedy film about the power struggle among the Soviet leaders after Stalin's death. Based on a graphic novel, the film stars Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, and Michael Palin, and was banned in Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
Mar 9, 2018 · With Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards. Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy...
The internal political landscape of 1950’s Soviet Russia takes on darkly comic form in a new film by Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated writer/director Armando Iannucci. ...more.
The death of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin throws the Soviet Union into comic chaos as his ambitious but addled ministers maneuver to succeed him. Watch trailers & learn more.
Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies enter a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. The dweeby Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev, and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria bumble and backstab their way to the top.
Watch the trailer of the dark comedy film based on the true story of the Soviet dictator's death and its aftermath. Starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, and Jeffrey Tambor.