Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Belgium, Canada, France, United Kingdom, United States
The story
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?
- chaos
- dictator
- socialism
- dark comedy
- satire
- biography
- based on true story
- joseph stalin
- biting
- death
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Armando Iannucci
- Written
- David Schneider, Ian Martin, Armando Iannucci, Fabien Nury
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 2,188 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, Quad Productions, Main Journey, France 3 Cinéma, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Panache Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
