The Death of Stalin

2017
12
1 Std. 47 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

117.635

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.470

Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, Simon Russell Beale, Rupert Friend, and Andrea Riseborough in The Death of Stalin (2017)

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.

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Schildert die letzten Tage des sowjetischen Diktators und das Chaos des Regimes nach seinem Tod.Schildert die letzten Tage des sowjetischen Diktators und das Chaos des Regimes nach seinem Tod.Schildert die letzten Tage des sowjetischen Diktators und das Chaos des Regimes nach seinem Tod.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

117.635

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.470

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Nominiert für 2 BAFTA Awards
- 18 Gewinne & 40 Nominierungen insgesamt

Man in Layers of Clothes
(as Andrey Korzhenevskiy)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Musician 1
(as Roger Ashton Griffiths)

Jeremy Limb

Musician 2

Andy Gathergood

Citizen Bundled into Car

Oleksandr Piskunov

Young Man Snitch
(as Alexandr Piskunov)

Ruslan Neupokoev

Middle Aged Man
(as Ruslav Neupokoev)

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Wissenswertes
Vyacheslav Molotov's (Sir Michael Palin) wife Polina's (Diana Quick) arrest and release is more or less consistent with the real events. Polina was arrested in 1949 on bogus charges and sentenced to five years of hard labor and got her freedom only after the death of Joseph Stalin. Molotov was forced to divorce her by Stalin during that time. She was used as a tool by Lavrenti Beria as depicted in this movie to secure Molotov's loyalty. They got remarried and lived together until her death in 1970. Even though their relationship seems sincere and lovely, Molotov never blamed Stalin or criticized him for the purges that led to the hardships his wife faced.

Patzer
Malenkov did not become General Secretary of the Communist Party when Stalin died. He did, however, become Premier of the Soviet Union. The Soviet leadership was clearly in flux, and Malenkov never had the status of obvious successor to Stalin that the movie implies. He did not chair the Politburo meeting after Stalin died; Khrushchev did.

Zitate
Nikita Khrushchev: I really need your help.
Georgy Zhukov: To do what? There's bodies fucking piling up in the street, it's a bit late, isn't it?
Nikita Khrushchev: What if we blame this on someone...
Georgy Zhukov: Wait...
Nikita Khrushchev: Who's out of control?
Georgy Zhukov: Nicky, be very careful what you say next. Who?
Nikita Khrushchev: Beria.
Georgy Zhukov: I'm going to have to report this conversation. Threatening to do harm or obstruct any member of the Presidium in the process of...
[grins]
Georgy Zhukov: Look at your fucking face!
[bursts out laughing]

Crazy Credits
Black-and-white photographs of the main characters appear over the end credits, but various figures are airbrushed out, have their faces defaced, or have other people superimposed over them, as per Soviet photos of Trotsky and purge victims.

Verbindungen
Featured in The Last Leg: Folge #13.3 (2017)

Soundtracks
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K488
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Galaxy Symphonic Orchestra

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A communist plot

You might think The Death of Stalin was a parody or a black comedy or a farce. We know that the actors are playing actual people some of whom lived until the late 1980s. The weird thing is the actual events depicted in the movie happened in some form.

In real life, when Stalin was lying on the floor in his soiled pajamas after he suffered a stroke. They needed to call a meeting to decide whether to call a doctor. Stalin's personal physician was unavailable as he was being tortured at the time for suggesting Stalin needed more bed rest.

Armando Iannucci mines comedy gold in an absurd, surreal, darkly violent tale of who wants to be the next leader of the Soviet Union. It is not a historical tale, it is a story of what can happen in any society where dogma and the bullet become the main currencies.