The Death of Stalin (2017)
Storyline
When tyrannical dictator Josef 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 Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria, the sadistic secret police chief.
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Cast
Sylvestra Le Touzel, Olga Kurylenko, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Adam Shaw, Jason Isaacs, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Paddy Considine, Richard Brake, Dermot Crowley, Paul Whitehouse, Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan Aris, Nicholas Sidi, Karl Johnson, Nicholas Woodeson, Andy Gathergood, Rupert Friend, Cara Horgan, Eva Sayer, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Chahidi, Daniel Tatarsky, Tom Brooke, Sheng-Chien Tsai, Ewan Bailey, Michael Palin, George Potts, Dan Mersh, Justin Edwards, Tim Steed, Daniel Chapple, Daniel Tuite, Luke D'Silva, June Watson, Jonny Phillips, Gerald Lepkowski, Diana Quick, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Ready, Yulya Muhrygina, Andrey Korzhenevskiy, Jeremy Limb, Alexander Piskunov, Ruslav Neupokoev, Alla Bineeva, Elaine Caxton, Alex Harvey-Brown, David Crow, Emilio Iannucci, Daniel Booroff, James Barriscale, Ricky Gabriellini, Adam Ewan, Michael Ballard, Phil Deguara, Katie McCreedy, Leeroy Murray, Keely Smith, Dave Wong, Sergey Korshkov, Alexander Grigorivev, Olga Dadukevich, Nastya Koshevatskaya, Danya Bochkov, Sebastian Aton, Nastya Karpenko, Daniel Smith, Ellen Evans, Oleg Drach, Daniel Fearn
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Reviews
100
Iannucci’s brand of political satire is applied to one of the darkest chapters in modern history, with sensational results. The Lives Of Others with laughs, it’s farcical, frightening and a timely reminder that things could always be worse.
100
The Death Of Stalin is superbly cast, and acted with icy and ruthless force by an A-list lineup. There are no weak links. Each has a plum role; each squeezes every gorgeous horrible drop.
100
There is one thing that power can’t stand, and that is to be mocked: The social importance of this topical romp should not be underestimated.
91
It’s “Veep” in the Soviet Union, a welcome expansion of Iannucci’s canvas that keeps his savage comedy intact.
90
The Death of Stalin is Iannucci’s most complex and almost nihilistic rendering of what politics is: A team of bumbling and weak-minded people who lack any real conviction other than a desire for power and position.
