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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 88/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 4,451 2010s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
2,239 audience votes
Key crew
- Fabien NuryScreenplay
- Armando IannucciDirector
- Armando IannucciScreenplay
- David SchneiderScreenplay
- Ian MartinScreenplay
- Christopher WillisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Steve BuscemiNikita Khrushchev
- Simon Russell BealeLavrenti Beria
- Jeffrey TamborGeorgy Malenkov
- Jason IsaacsField Marshal Zhukov
- Michael PalinVyacheslav Molotov
- Rupert FriendVasily Stalin
- Andrea RiseboroughSvetlana Stalin
- Dermot CrowleyLazar Kaganovich
- Paul WhitehouseAnastas Mikoyan
- Paul ChahidiNicolai Bulganin
- Adrian McLoughlinJosef Stalin
- Paddy ConsidineAndreyev
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Themes
chaosdictatorsocialismdark comedysatirebiographybased on true storyjoseph stalinbitingdeathbluntmilitary
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