In the days following Stalin’s collapse, his core team of ministers tussle for control; some want positive change in the Soviet Union, others have more sinister motives. Their one common trait? They’re all just desperately trying to remain alive.
1958, Jersey, Channel Islands
5 September 1974, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
14 November 1979, Berdyansk, Zaporozhye Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine]
7 March 1974, Middlesex, England, UK
13 December 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
12 January 1961, Penang, Malaysia
11 April 1974, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
17 May 1958, Stanleytown, Rhondda, Wales, UK
5 September 1963, London, England, UK
January 26, 2018
"The Death of Stalin" is a wickedly funny, pointedly scathing satire of corrupt power run amok.
September 11, 2017
A delicious black comedy ...
September 11, 2017
It will more than satisfy Iannucci's fans at arthouses; here's hoping we don't have to wait another eight years to see the director's next film.
October 18, 2017
A riotous farce of doublespeak and plotting laced with moments of bitumen-black horror.
September 11, 2017
The Death of Stalin marks the first instance in which Iannucci has applied his style to real-life figures, and it's as though he has crafted a historical foundation for the rest of his work.
December 21, 2017
Kudos are deserved everywhere for a well-written, beautifully played and offbeat piece of re-imagined history that's always funny despite humour sometimes stemming from a distinct sense of unease.
November 20, 2017
... a little gem of black humor and historical revision. [Full review in Spanish]
December 21, 2017
There's real horror in it too at times...It's a risk, where it could've been guilty of overreaching, but there's a chaotic tone here established into which it all fits quite snugly.
January 22, 2018
...some genuinely hilarious set ups and a nice mixture of farce and other styles of comedy.
November 10, 2017
A dark, hilarious tour de force.
September 14, 2017
Its application of [Iannucci's] signature barbed comic voice to such grim history (executions are a constant source of gallows humor) packs its own punch.
September 11, 2017
There is one thing that power can't stand, and that is to be mocked: The social importance of this topical romp should not be underestimated.
