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