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