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