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

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