The Death of Stalin
2017When 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?
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Steve Buscemi
as Nikita Khrushchev
Simon Russell Beale
as Lavrenti Beria
Jeffrey Tambor
as Georgy Malenkov
Dermot Crowley
as Lazar Kaganovich
Michael Palin
as Vyacheslav Molotov
Paul Whitehouse
as Anastas Mikoyan
Paul Chahidi
as Nicolai Bulganin
Andrea Riseborough
as Svetlana Stalin
Adrian McLoughlin
as Josef Stalin
Jason Isaacs
as Field Marshal Zhukov
Paddy Considine
as Andreyev
Rupert Friend
as Vasily Stalin
Olga Kurylenko
as Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
Tom Brooke
as Sergei
Sylvestra Le Touzel
as Nina Khrushchev
Justin Edwards
as Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1
Paul Ready
as NKVD Officer Delov
Julia Mulligan
as Woman in Layers of Clothes
Andrey Korzhenevskiy
as Man in Layers of Clothes
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Musician #1
Jeremy Limb
as Musician #2
Andy Gathergood
as Citizen Bundled Into Car
Alexander Piskunov
as Young Man Snitch
Ruslav Neupokoev
as Middle Aged Man
Alla Binieieva
as Middle Aged Wife
Nicholas Woodeson
as Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
Elaine Caxton
as Mrs. Bresnavich
George Potts
as Concert Director
Cara Horgan
as Lidiya Timashuk
Nicholas Sidi
as NKVD Officer Kobulov
Jonny Phillips
as NKVD Officer Pervak
Alex Harvey-Brown
as Soldier
Tim Steed
as Sergeant
June Watson
as Matryona Petrovna
Adam Shaw
as NKVD Guard Ilyin
Daniel Tuite
as NKVD Officer Slimonov
David Crow
as Khrustalyov
Karl Johnson
as Dr. Lukomsky
Emilio Iannucci
as Young Doctor
Daniel Booroff
as Tall Doctor
Dan Mersh
as Ice Hockey Coach
Richard Brake
as Tarasov
James Barriscale
as Army General
Daniel Tatarsky
as NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates
Eva Sayer
as Young Waitress
Diana Quick
as Polina Molotova
Adam Ewan
as Prisoner at Gulag
Michael Ballard
as Volga Guard Chasov
Phil Deguara
as Volga Guard Shulga
Jonathan Aris
as Mezhnikov
Katie McCreedy
as Little Girl #2
Ewan Bailey
as NKVD Officer Aslanov
Leeroy Murray
as Zhukov's Chief of Staff
Keely Smith
as Teenage Ostrich Girl
Sheng-Chien Tsai
as Translator
Dave Wong
as Zhou Enlai
Sergey Korshkov
as NKVD Officer Fedin
Alexander Grigorivev
as Father
Olga Dadukevich
as Mother
Nastya Koshevatskaya
as Daughter
Danya Bochkov
as Son
Sebastian Anton
as NKVD Colonel Entin
Nastya Karpenko
as Little Girl #1
Gerald Lepkowski
as Leonid Brezhnev
Luke D'Silva
as Moskalenko
Daniel Chapple
as Red Army General
Daniel Smith
as Red Army Captain
Ellen Evans
as Teenage Girl
Oleh Drach
as Red Army Colonel
Daniel Fearn
as Marshal Konev
Henry Helm
as Child Mourner (uncredited)