2017 · 15 · 1h 47min
Comedy · Drama · HistoryDirector Armando Iannucci
Stars Steve Buscemi · Simon Russell Beale · Paddy Considine · Rupert Friend · Jason Isaacs · Olga Kurylenko · Michael Palin
Written by Armando Iannucci · David Schneider · Ian Martin
Music by Christopher Willis
Release date 8 September 2017 (TIFF)
Countries of origin United Kingdom · France · Belgium · Canada · USA
Language(s) Spoken English
Sound Mix Mono Colour Colour Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Budget $13 million · Box office $24.6 million
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Satirical.
"It's as mind-bendingly clever as it is completely silly."
Olly Richards, NME