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Summary

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?

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Cast

  • Steve Buscemi

    Steve Buscemi

    Nikita Khrushchev

  • Simon Russell Beale

    Simon Russell Beale

    Lavrenti Beria

  • Jeffrey Tambor

    Jeffrey Tambor

    Georgy Malenkov

  • Dermot Crowley

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    Lazar Kaganovich

  • Michael Palin

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    Vyacheslav Molotov

  • Paul Whitehouse

    Paul Whitehouse

    Anastas Mikoyan

  • Paul Chahidi

    Paul Chahidi

    Nicolai Bulganin

  • Andrea Riseborough

    Andrea Riseborough

    Svetlana Stalin

  • Adrian McLoughlin

    Adrian McLoughlin

    Josef Stalin

  • Jason Isaacs

    Jason Isaacs

    Field Marshal Zhukov

  • Paddy Considine

    Paddy Considine

    Andreyev

  • Rupert Friend

    Rupert Friend

    Vasily Stalin

  • Olga Kurylenko

    Olga Kurylenko

    Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

  • Tom Brooke

    Tom Brooke

    Sergei

  • Sylvestra Le Touzel

    Sylvestra Le Touzel

    Nina Khrushchev

  • Justin Edwards

    Justin Edwards

    Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1

  • Paul Ready

    Paul Ready

    NKVD Officer Delov

  • Julia Mulligan

    Julia Mulligan

    Woman in Layers of Clothes

  • Andrey Korzhenevskiy

    Andrey Korzhenevskiy

    Man in Layers of Clothes

  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths

    Roger Ashton-Griffiths

    Musician #1

  • Jeremy Limb

    Jeremy Limb

    Musician #2

  • Andy Gathergood

    Andy Gathergood

    Citizen Bundled Into Car

  • Alla Binieieva

    Alla Binieieva

    Middle Aged Wife

  • Nicholas Woodeson

    Nicholas Woodeson

    Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2

  • Elaine Caxton

    Elaine Caxton

    Mrs. Bresnavich

  • George Potts

    George Potts

    Concert Director

  • Cara Horgan

    Cara Horgan

    Lidiya Timashuk

  • Nicholas Sidi

    Nicholas Sidi

    NKVD Officer Kobulov

  • Jonny Phillips

    Jonny Phillips

    NKVD Officer Pervak

  • Tim Steed

    Tim Steed

    Sergeant

  • June Watson

    June Watson

    Matryona Petrovna

  • Adam Shaw

    Adam Shaw

    NKVD Guard Ilyin

  • Daniel Tuite

    Daniel Tuite

    NKVD Officer Slimonov

  • David Crow

    David Crow

    Khrustalyov

  • Karl Johnson

    Karl Johnson

    Dr. Lukomsky

  • Emilio Iannucci

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    Young Doctor

  • Daniel Booroff

    Daniel Booroff

    Tall Doctor

  • Dan Mersh

    Dan Mersh

    Ice Hockey Coach

  • Richard Brake

    Richard Brake

    Tarasov

  • James Barriscale

    James Barriscale

    Army General

  • Daniel Tatarsky

    Daniel Tatarsky

    NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates

  • Eva Sayer

    Eva Sayer

    Young Waitress

  • Diana Quick

    Diana Quick

    Polina Molotova

  • Adam Ewan

    Adam Ewan

    Prisoner at Gulag

  • Michael Ballard

    Michael Ballard

    Volga Guard Chasov

  • Phil Deguara

    Phil Deguara

    Volga Guard Shulga

  • Jonathan Aris

    Jonathan Aris

    Mezhnikov

  • Ewan Bailey

    Ewan Bailey

    NKVD Officer Aslanov

  • Sheng-Chien Tsai

    Sheng-Chien Tsai

    Translator

  • Dave Wong

    Dave Wong

    Zhou Enlai

  • Sebastian Anton

    Sebastian Anton

    NKVD Colonel Entin

  • Gerald Lepkowski

    Gerald Lepkowski

    Leonid Brezhnev

  • Luke D'Silva

    Luke D'Silva

    Moskalenko

  • Daniel Chapple

    Daniel Chapple

    Red Army General

  • Ellen Evans

    Ellen Evans

    Teenage Girl

  • Oleh Drach

    Oleh Drach

    Red Army Colonel

  • Daniel Fearn

    Daniel Fearn

    Marshal Konev

  • Henry Helm

    Henry Helm

    Child Mourner (uncredited)