
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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Steve Buscemi
Nikita Khrushchev

Simon Russell Beale
Lavrenti Beria

Jeffrey Tambor
Georgy Malenkov

Jason Isaacs
Field Marshal Zhukov

Michael Palin
Vyacheslav Molotov

Rupert Friend
Vasily Stalin

Andrea Riseborough
Svetlana Stalin

Dermot Crowley
Lazar Kaganovich

Paul Whitehouse
Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Chahidi
Nicolai Bulganin

Adrian McLoughlin
Josef Stalin

Paddy Considine
Andreyev

Olga Kurylenko
Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Tom Brooke
Sergei

Sylvestra Le Touzel
Nina Khrushchev

Justin Edwards
Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1

Paul Ready
NKVD Officer Delov

Julia Mulligan
Woman in Layers of Clothes
Crew
Armando IannucciDirected by Armando Iannucci
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