"In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme"

2017

1h 47m

7.0(1982 votes)

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Overview

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?

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71 members

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Steve Buscemi

Nikita Khrushchev

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Simon Russell Beale

Lavrenti Beria

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Jeffrey Tambor

Georgy Malenkov

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Jason Isaacs

Field Marshal Zhukov

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Michael Palin

Vyacheslav Molotov

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Rupert Friend

Vasily Stalin

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Andrea Riseborough

Svetlana Stalin

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Dermot Crowley

Lazar Kaganovich

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Paul Whitehouse

Anastas Mikoyan

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Paul Chahidi

Nicolai Bulganin

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Adrian McLoughlin

Josef Stalin

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Paddy Considine

Andreyev

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Ольга Куриленко

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

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Tom Brooke

Sergei

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Sylvestra Le Touzel

Nina Khrushchev

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Justin Edwards

Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1

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Paul Ready

NKVD Officer Delov

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Julia Mulligan

Woman in Layers of Clothes

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Andrey Korzhenevskiy

Man in Layers of Clothes

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Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Musician #1

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Jeremy Limb

Musician #2

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Andy Gathergood

Citizen Bundled Into Car

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Alexander Piskunov

Young Man Snitch

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Ruslav Neupokoev

Middle Aged Man

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Alla Binieieva

Middle Aged Wife

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Nicholas Woodeson

Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2

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Elaine Caxton

Mrs. Bresnavich

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George Potts

Concert Director

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Cara Horgan

Lidiya Timashuk

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Nicholas Sidi

NKVD Officer Kobulov

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Jonny Phillips

NKVD Officer Pervak

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Alex Harvey-Brown

Soldier

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Tim Steed

Sergeant

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June Watson

Matryona Petrovna

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Adam Shaw

NKVD Guard Ilyin

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Daniel Tuite

NKVD Officer Slimonov

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David Crow

Khrustalyov

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Karl Johnson

Dr. Lukomsky

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Emilio Iannucci

Young Doctor

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Daniel Booroff

Tall Doctor

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Dan Mersh

Ice Hockey Coach

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Richard Brake

Tarasov

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James Barriscale

Army General

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Daniel Tatarsky

NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates

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Eva Sayer

Young Waitress

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Diana Quick

Polina Molotova

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Adam Ewan

Prisoner at Gulag

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Michael Ballard

Volga Guard Chasov

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Phil Deguara

Volga Guard Shulga

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Jonathan Aris

Mezhnikov

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Katie McCreedy

Little Girl #2

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Ewan Bailey

NKVD Officer Aslanov

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Leeroy Murray

Zhukov's Chief of Staff

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Keely Smith

Teenage Ostrich Girl

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Sheng-Chien Tsai

Translator

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Dave Wong

Zhou Enlai

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Sergey Korshkov

NKVD Officer Fedin

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Alexander Grigorivev

Father

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Olga Dadukevich

Mother

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Nastya Koshevatskaya

Daughter

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Danya Bochkov

Son

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Sebastian Anton

NKVD Colonel Entin

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Nastya Karpenko

Little Girl #1

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Gerald Lepkowski

Leonid Brezhnev

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Luke D'Silva

Moskalenko

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Daniel Chapple

Red Army General

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Daniel Smith

Red Army Captain

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Ellen Evans

Teenage Girl

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Олег Драч

Red Army Colonel

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Daniel Fearn

Marshal Konev

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Henry Helm

Child Mourner (uncredited)

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