The Death of Stalin (2017)
- Directed by
- Armando Iannucci
- Genre
- drama film, black comedy film, political satire, satirical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2,157 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
After Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his inner circle of Soviet leaders scrambles for power. They backstab, scheme, and bungle their way through a chaotic and ruthless political struggle.
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What happens
The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci and written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin with Peter Fellows. Based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline (2010–2012), the film depicts the internal social and political power struggle among the members of the Soviet Politburo following the death of leader Joseph Stalin in 1953. The French-British-Belgian co-production stars an ensemble cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Dermot Crowley, Paul Chahidi, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Whitehouse, and Jeffrey Tambor. The film premiered on 8 September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom by Entertainment One Films on 20 October 2017, in France by Gaumont on 4 April 2018, and in Belgium by September Film Distribution on 18 April 2018. It received critical acclaim and various accolades, including nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, one of which was for Outstanding British Film, and 13 British Independent Film Awards, four of which it won. There was fierce opposition to the film in Russia, where it was seen as "anti-Russian propaganda", and it was banned there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan, for allegedly mocking the Soviet Union and its past. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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