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The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop). Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast.
Original Release
10/20/2017
US Release
03/09/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Olga Kurylenko | Maria Veniaminovna Yudina |
Tom Brooke | Sergei |
Paddy Considine | Andreyev |
Justin Edwards | Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1 / Spartak Sokolov (Conductor 1) |
Adrian McLoughlin | Josef Stalin |
Simon Russell Beale | Lavrenti Beria |
Jeffrey Tambor | Georgy Malenkov |
Steve Buscemi | Nikita Khrushchev |
Michael Palin | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Paul Ready | NKVD Officer Delov |
Directors
Writers
Armando Iannucci, Fabien Nury, Thierry Robin, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows
Cast
Name | Character |
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Olga Kurylenko | Maria Veniaminovna Yudina |
Tom Brooke | Sergei |
Paddy Considine | Andreyev |
Justin Edwards | Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1 / Spartak Sokolov (Conductor 1) |
Adrian McLoughlin | Josef Stalin |
Simon Russell Beale | Lavrenti Beria |
Jeffrey Tambor | Georgy Malenkov |
Steve Buscemi | Nikita Khrushchev |
Michael Palin | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Paul Ready | NKVD Officer Delov |
Julia Mulligan | Woman in Layers of Clothes |
Andrei Korzhenevsky | Man in Layers of Clothes |
Roger Ashton-Griffiths | Musician 1 / Musician #1 |
Jeremy Limb | Musician 2 / Musician #2 |
Andy Gathergood | Citizen Bundled into Car |
Oleksandr Piskunov | Young Man Snitch |
Ruslan Neupokoev | Middle Aged Man |
Alla Bineeva | Middle Aged Wife |
Nicholas Woodeson | Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2 / Boris Bresnavich (Conductor 2) |
Elaine Claxton | Mrs Bresnavich / Mrs. Bresnavich |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jean-Christophe Colson | Executive Producer |
Giles Daoust | Executive Producer |
Gaetan David | Producer |
Catherine Dumonceaux | Producer |
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky | Producer |
Kevin Loader | Producer |
André Logie | Producer |
Sofia Maltseva | Producer |
Anastasia Shipilova | Producer |
Tanya Sokolova | Producer |
Sarah-Jane Wheale | Producer |
Laurent Zeitoun | Producer |
Yann Zenou | Producer |