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