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The Death of Stalin
The Death of Stalin
	British release poster
Directed by	Armando Iannucci
Screenplay by	Armando Iannucci; David Schneider; Ian Martin; Peter Fellows;
Produced by	Yann Zenou; Laurent Zeitoun; Nicolas Duval Adassovsky; Kevin Loader;
Starring	Steve Buscemi; Simon Russell Beale; Paddy Considine; Rupert Friend; Jason Isaacs; Michael Palin; Andrea Riseborough; Jeffrey Tambor;
Cinematography	Zac Nicholson
Edited by	Peter Lambert
Music by	Chris Willis
Production; companies	Main Journey; Quad Productions;
Distributed by	eOne Films (United Kingdom); Gaumont (France);
Release dates	8 September 2017 (TIFF); 20 October 2017 (United Kingdom);
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; France;
Language	English

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The Death of Stalin is a 2017 Anglo-French period comedy-drama film directed by Armando Iannucci which chronicles the Soviet power struggles occasioned by the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. It is based on the graphic novel of the same name, translated from the French original La mort de Staline.

It was released by eOne Films in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2017 and by IFC Films in the United States.^[2]^[3]^[1] It was screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4]

Plot

Several Russian politicians desperately attempt to solve the question of who is to assume leadership of the Soviet Union after the death of it's most notorious dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953.

Cast

Production

The project began development during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Armando Iannucci was set as director and co-writer, alongside regular collaborators David Schneider,^[5] The Thick of It co-writer Ian Martin, and Peter Fellows. Production began 20 June 2016, with Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Andrea Riseborough, Adrian McLoughlin, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, and Paul Whitehouse in the cast.^[6]^[7]

Reactions

In September 2017, a high-ranking official in the Russian Ministry of Culture said the Russian authorities were considering a ban on the film, which, he alleged, could be part of a "western plot to destabilise Russia by causing rifts in society."^[8]

Critical response

The Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator site gave it a 96% rating and an audience score of 76%. ^[9] In The Irish Times Donald Clarke wrote that the film "starts in a state of mortal panic and continues in that mode towards its inevitably ghastly conclusion". In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw wrote that "fear rises like gas from a corpse in Armando Iannucci’s brilliant horror-satire".

References

^ ^a ^b "THE DEATH OF STALIN". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ Hipes, Patrick (2017-02-11). "Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' Acquired By IFC Films – Berlin". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ Grater, Tom (May 3, 2017). "Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' gets UK deal". Screendaily. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
^ Kay, Jeremy (3 August 2017). "'The Death Of Stalin' to open Toronto Film Festival Platform programme". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ Calvario, Liz (11 February 2017). "'The Death of Stalin': IFC Films Buys Armando Iannucci's Upcoming Drama". IndieWire. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ Jaafar, Ali (2016-05-12). "All-Star Cast Boards Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' – Cannes". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ Jaafar, Ali (2016-06-20). "Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' Starts Shoot, Rupert Friend Joins Cast, Closes Deals". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ Bennetts, Marc (20 September 2017). "Russia considers ban on Armando Iannucci's film The Death of Stalin". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_death_of_stalin/

External links

The Death of Stalin at IMDb

[bbfc-1] "THE DEATH OF STALIN". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[2] Hipes, Patrick (2017-02-11). "Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' Acquired By IFC Films – Berlin". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-03.

[3] Grater, Tom (May 3, 2017). "Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' gets UK deal". Screendaily. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[TIFF-4] Kay, Jeremy (3 August 2017). "'The Death Of Stalin' to open Toronto Film Festival Platform programme". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[5] Calvario, Liz (11 February 2017). "'The Death of Stalin': IFC Films Buys Armando Iannucci's Upcoming Drama". IndieWire. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[6] Jaafar, Ali (2016-05-12). "All-Star Cast Boards Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' – Cannes". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-03.

[7] Jaafar, Ali (2016-06-20). "Armando Iannucci's 'The Death Of Stalin' Starts Shoot, Rupert Friend Joins Cast, Closes Deals". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-03.

[8] Bennetts, Marc (20 September 2017). "Russia considers ban on Armando Iannucci's film The Death of Stalin". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[9] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_death_of_stalin/

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+==Plot==
+Several Russian politicians desperately attempt to solve the question of who is to assume leadership of the [[Soviet Union]] after the death of it's most notorious dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953.
 == Cast ==

v t e Armando Iannucci
TV	The Day Today (1994) Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) The Saturday Night Armistice (1995–99) I'm Alan Partridge (1997–2002) The Armando Iannucci Shows (2001) Gash (2003) 2004: The Stupid Version (2004) The Thick of It (2005–12) Time Trumpet (2006) Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (2010–16) Veep (2012–19) Avenue 5 (2020–22) The Franchise (2024)
Films	Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (1998) Tube Tales (segment "Mouth", 1999) In the Loop (2009) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (written only, 2013) The Death of Stalin (2017) The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
Other work	On the Hour (radio) Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio) I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (novel) Dr. Strangelove (play)