The Death of Stalin 2018 Movie

Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for ... Read all More details

Directors

Armando Iannucci

Cast

Steve Buscemi Simon Russell Beale Jeffrey Tambor Andrea Riseborough Olga Kurylenko Tom Brooke

Tags

Comedy Drama History satire soviet union black comedy based on comic book dictator death regime power struggle moscow russia year 1953 nikita khrushchev character russia josef stalin character chaos stroke political succession kremlin death threat based on real events committee execution funeral lying in state pianist nkvd enemies list secret police dying totalitarian totalitarianism totalitarian regime purge plotting historical fiction violence soviet history drunkenness politburo security forces politics soviet politics uncle niece relationship coffin grief mourning last will and testament collective leadership factionalism drinking death of a dictator suicide of mother ussr parody cold war tyrant soviet comrade raid record player crying man general secretary carrying a dead body political satire american actor playing foreigner british actor playing foreigner bolshevik soviet leader military reference to leon trotsky death of stalin lavrentiy beria character reference to a sewing machine character name in title reference to clark gable reference to grace kelly reference to judy garland vyacheslav molotov character field marshal zhukov character svetlana stalin character vasily stalin character georgy malenkov character nicolai bulganin character based on graphic novel russian history loss of father panic doctor sexual predator banned for political reasons alcoholic portrait prisoner ensemble cast massacre radio orchestra communism totalitarian socialism communist promise secret police red army chairman fear dread anxiety note recording truck ceremony dog leash medical doctor informer snitch scheme terror emergency carrying someone concert telephone call shot in the head vomiting taking a photograph burning a dead body bag over head minister of the interior treason assassination begging for one's life blood dead body exile ash remains commander in chief scratched out face in a photograph kiss on the forehead scapegoat murder speech russian trust distrust communist party coup chase pursuit arrest head wound bloody head framed photograph guilt revenge girl open coffin war hero medal generalissimo hand kissing train hall of columns moscow flowers pollen allergy funeral wreath russian orthodox red square moscow traitor punched in the stomach kicked in the stomach train station riot candle firing rifles over a crowd's heads prison release murder of family murder of friend piano teacher mass murder facial scar presidium human skull human brain shooting brother sister relationship salute inner title cards talking to the camera subjective camera prison jail circular staircase treachery betrayal mother daughter relationship father daughter relationship photographer posing for a photograph photo shoot humiliation seating plan photograph girdle interior minister security minister husband wife reunion legacy man wears dark glasses radicalism father son reunion loyalty montage old man statue water fountain stethoscope van woods father son relationship church herb garden ice hockey ice skating ice hockey coach flask drink cerebral hemorrhage paralysis courage nickname soviet soldier gun list bone saw painting orchestra conductor brain hemorrhage piano radio broadcast watching a movie watching a western movie apple acoustics concerto listening to a radio story telling soviet military portrait painting security checkpoint applause apology theatre german slur laughter bumping chests murder of father murder of brother paranoia money falling to the floor husband wife relationship radio moscow joke telling voice over note guard maid beating interrogation bloody ear lieutenant stuttering prostitute rifle central committee red telephone wall safe burning papers gallows humor 1950s bechstein piano ends with historical notes begins with historical notes man fainting hit list conductor playing piano knitting live in concert recording portrait of stalin heart attack tied to a chair torture committee meeting siberia playing chess returning home bust of stalin coffin bearer speach airplane flyover ak 47 punched in the face gagged shot in the face cremation man wears a white suit competition abuse fall in laws medical examination male bonding face slap sex scene ritual based on franco belgian comic book based on true story reference to boris karloff reference to coco chanel reference to adolf hitler reference to joseph goebbels reference to leonid brezhnev reference to vladimir lenin banned film reference to abbott and costello reference to wolfgang amadeus mozart socialism female pianist classical music urination brain danger death of title character death in title eating an apple vinyl record elevator out of order what happened to epilogue 7 year old 13 year old 14 year old 12 year old year 1956 year 1964 scene during end credits year 1837 brother brother relationship document balcony year 1949 hit in the face reference to mikhael tukhachevsky reference to georgy piatakov reference to grigori sokolnikov destroying a photograph bishop name calling fish as food demonstration shooting a gun into the air flushing a toilet bathroom camera voting liberalism corset tea bun the bakery itam russian general dead mother sawing a human skull begins with text telephone listening to music grenade reference to joan of arc food eating ruble bathrobe canastas mikoyan character reference to john wayne reference to john ford the film director pajamas slow motion scene sense of smell lazar kaganovich character wetness reference to nijinsky vomiting in a toilet animated scene during end credits character's name shown on screen

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