The Death of Stalin

In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme

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?

Steve Buscemi

(Nikita Khrushchev)

Simon Russell Beale

(Lavrenti Beria)

Jeffrey Tambor

(Georgy Malenkov)

Dermot Crowley

(Lazar Kaganovich)

Michael Palin

(Vyacheslav Molotov)

Paul Whitehouse

(Anastas Mikoyan)

Paul Chahidi

(Nicolai Bulganin)

Andrea Riseborough

(Svetlana Stalin)

Adrian McLoughlin

(Josef Stalin)

Jason Isaacs

(Field Marshal Zhukov)

Paddy Considine

(Andreyev)

Rupert Friend

(Vasily Stalin)

Olga Kurylenko

(Maria Veniaminovna Yudina)

Tom Brooke

(Sergei)

Sylvestra Le Touzel

(Nina Khrushchev)

Justin Edwards

(Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1)

Paul Ready

(NKVD Officer Delov)

Julia Mulligan

(Woman in Layers of Clothes)

Andrey Korzhenevskiy

(Man in Layers of Clothes)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

(Musician #1)

Jeremy Limb

(Musician #2)

Andy Gathergood

(Citizen Bundled Into Car)

Alexander Piskunov

(Young Man Snitch)

Ruslav Neupokoev

(Middle Aged Man)

Alla Binieieva

(Middle Aged Wife)

Nicholas Woodeson

(Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2)

Elaine Caxton

(Mrs. Bresnavich)

George Potts

(Concert Director)

Cara Horgan

(Lidiya Timashuk)

Nicholas Sidi

(NKVD Officer Kobulov)

Jonny Phillips

(NKVD Officer Pervak)

Alex Harvey-Brown

(Soldier)

Tim Steed

(Sergeant)

June Watson

(Matryona Petrovna)

Adam Shaw

(NKVD Guard Ilyin)

Daniel Tuite

(NKVD Officer Slimonov)

David Crow

(Khrustalyov)

Karl Johnson

(Dr. Lukomsky)

Emilio Iannucci

(Young Doctor)

Daniel Booroff

(Tall Doctor)

Dan Mersh

(Ice Hockey Coach)

Richard Brake

(Tarasov)

James Barriscale

(Army General)

Daniel Tatarsky

(NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates)

Eva Sayer

(Young Waitress)

Diana Quick

(Polina Molotova)

Adam Ewan

(Prisoner at Gulag)

Michael Ballard

(Volga Guard Chasov)

Phil Deguara

(Volga Guard Shulga)

Jonathan Aris

(Mezhnikov)

Katie McCreedy

(Little Girl #2)

Ewan Bailey

(NKVD Officer Aslanov)

Leeroy Murray

(Zhukov's Chief of Staff)

Keely Smith

(Teenage Ostrich Girl)

Sheng-Chien Tsai

(Translator)

Dave Wong

(Zhou Enlai)

Sergey Korshkov

(NKVD Officer Fedin)

Alexander Grigorivev

(Father)

Olga Dadukevich

(Mother)

Nastya Koshevatskaya

(Daughter)

Danya Bochkov

(Son)

Sebastian Anton

(NKVD Colonel Entin)

Nastya Karpenko

(Little Girl #1)

Gerald Lepkowski

(Leonid Brezhnev)

Luke D'Silva

(Moskalenko)

Daniel Chapple

(Red Army General)

Daniel Smith

(Red Army Captain)

Ellen Evans

(Teenage Girl)

Oleh Drach

(Red Army Colonel)

Daniel Fearn

(Marshal Konev)

Henry Helm

(Child Mourner (uncredited))