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