Comedy, Drama, History
2017
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?
Top cast:
Steve Buscemi
Nikita Khrushchev
Simon Russell Beale
Lavrenti Beria
Jeffrey Tambor
Georgy Malenkov
Michael Palin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Paul Chahidi
Nicolai Bulganin
Jason Isaacs
Field Marshal Zhukov
Andrea Riseborough
Svetlana Stalin
Dermot Crowley
Lazar Kaganovich
Paul Whitehouse
Anastas Mikoyan
Rupert Friend
Vasily Stalin
Olga Kurylenko
Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
Adrian McLoughlin
Josef Stalin
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Nina Khrushchev
Justin Edwards
Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1
Paul Ready
NKVD Officer Delov
Yulya Muhrygina
Woman in Layers of Clothes
Andrey Korzhenevskiy
Man in Layers of Clothes
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Musician #1
Andy Gathergood
Citizen Bundled Into Car
Alla Binieieva
Middle Aged Wife
Nicholas Woodeson
Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
Elaine Caxton
Mrs. Bresnavich
George Potts
Concert Director
Cara Horgan
Lidiya Timashuk
Nicholas Sidi
NKVD Officer Kobulov
Jonny Phillips
NKVD Officer Pervak
June Watson
Matryona Petrovna
Adam Shaw
NKVD Guard Ilyin
Daniel Tuite
NKVD Officer Slimonov
Karl Johnson
Dr. Lukomsky
Emilio Iannucci
Young Doctor
Daniel Booroff
Tall Doctor
Dan Mersh
Ice Hockey Coach
James Barriscale
Army General
Daniel Tatarsky
NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates
Ricky Gabbriellini
Red Army Captain
Diana Quick
Polina Molotova
Adam Ewan
Prisoner at Gulag
Michael Ballard
Volga Guard Chasov
Phil Deguara
Volga Guard Shulga
Ewan Bailey
NKVD Officer Aslanov
Sheng-Chien Tsai
Translator
Sebastian Anton
NKVD Colonel Entin
Gerald Lepkowski
Leonid Brezhnev
Daniel Chapple
Red Army General
Oleg Drach
Red Army Colonel
Daniel Fearn
Marshal Konev
Henry Helm
Child Mourner (uncredited)