Synopsis
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic81/100
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergei LoznitsaScreenplay
- Sergei LoznitsaDirector
Cast
- Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
- Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
- Lavrentiy BeriaSelf (archive footage)
- Vyacheslav MolotovSelf (archive footage)
- Georgi MalenkovSelf (archive footage)
- Klement GottwaldSelf (archive footage)
- Bolesław BierutSelf (archive footage)
- Urho KekkonenSelf (archive footage)
- Zhou EnlaiSelf (archive footage)
- Valko ChervenkovSelf (archive footage)
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejSelf (archive footage)
- Mátyás RákosiSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
traditionpolitical history