| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Olga Kurylenko | ... | Maria Veniaminovna Yudina | |
| Tom Brooke | ... | Sergei | |
| Paddy Considine | ... | Andreyev | |
| Justin Edwards | ... | Spartak Sokolov - Conductor 1 | |
| Adrian McLoughlin | ... | Josef Stalin | |
| Simon Russell Beale | ... | Lavrenti Beria | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Georgy Malenkov | |
| Steve Buscemi | ... | Nikita Khrushchev | |
| Michael Palin | ... | Vyacheslav Molotov | |
| Paul Ready | ... | NKVD Officer Delov | |
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Yulya Muhrygina | ... | Woman in Layers of Clothes |
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Andrei Korzhenevsky | ... | Man in Layers of Clothes (as Andrey Korzhenevskiy) |
| Roger Ashton-Griffiths | ... | Musician 1 (as Roger Ashton Griffiths) | |
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Jeremy Limb | ... | Musician 2 |
| Andy Gathergood | ... | Citizen Bundled into Car | |
In early-1953 Moscow, under the Great Terror's heavy cloak of state paranoia, the ever-watchful Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, collapses, unexpectedly, of a brain haemorrhage. As a result, when someone discovers his body the following morning, a frenetic surge of raw panic starts spreading like a virus amongst the senior members of the Council of Ministers, as they scramble to maintain order, weed out the competition, and, ultimately, take power. But, in the middle of a gut-wrenching roller-coaster of incessant plotting, tireless machinations, and frail allegiances, absolutely no one is safe; not even the feared chief of the secret police, Lavrenti Beria. In the end, who will prevail after the death of Stalin? Written by Nick Riganas
Steve Buscemi leads an all star cast of characters in a keystone cop-esque replication of the confusion and anarchy that followed the death of Stalin.
Very dark and witty, but to those with knowledge of these events, so very intuitive.
This is about the steps taken by Stalin's court (The Central Committee) to secure power rather than have another strongman come in, and like Stalin did, clean house.
Listen for some very understated yet powerful lines of dialog here.
I can't wait to see it again. I am afraid of misquoting the lines that i liked so much. Many having to deal with revenge.