The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
Key crew
- Delbert MannDirector
- David KarpWriter
Cast
- Melvyn DouglasStalin
- Eli WallachPoskrebyshev
- Oskar HomolkaKhrushchev
- E.G. MarshallBeria
- Luther AdlerMolotov
- Thomas GomezMalenkov
- Marian SeldesMme. Molotov
- Lawrence DobkinShtemenko
- Bert FreedSokolovsky
- David J. StewartIgnatiev
- Paul BryarZhukhov
- Paul LambertRassine
Themes
joseph stalinplayhousetelevision play