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The Death of Stalin / a France, United Kingdom, Belgium co-production ; a Quad and Main Journey production ; in co-production with Gaumont, France 3 Cinéma, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Panache Productions, AFPI ; with the participation of Canal+, Cine+, France Télévisions ; original screenplay by Fabien Nury ; written by Armando Ianucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin ; additional material by Peter Fellows ; directed by Armando Iannucci.

Beale, Simon Russell, (actor.). Brooke, Tom, 1978- (actor.). Buscemi, Steve, 1957- (actor.). Considine, Paddy, (actor.). Fellows, Peter, (screenwriter.). Friend, Rupert, (actor.). Iannucci, Armando, 1963- (screenwriter,, film director.). Isaacs, Jason, 1963- (actor.). Kurylenko, Olga, 1979- (actor.). Lambert, Peter, (editor of moving image work.). Martin, Ian, (screenwriter.). McLoughlin, Adrian, (actor.). Nicholson, Zac, 1971- (cinematographer.). Nury, Fabien, (screenwriter.). Palin, Michael, (actor.). Riseborough, Andrea, 1981- (actor.). Schneider, David, 1963- (screenwriter.). Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944- (actor.). Willis, Christopher, 1978- (composer.). Nury, Fabien. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Death of Stalin. (Added Author). Robin, Thierry, 1958- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Death of Stalin. (Added Author). AFPI (Firm), (production company.). Ciné+ (France), (production company.). Compagnie Cinématographique (Firm), (production company.). Elevation Pictures (Firm), (publisher.). France 3 cinéma (Firm), (production company.). France télévision, (production company.). Gaumont (Firm), (production company.). Main Journey (Firm), (production company.). Panache Productions, (production company.). Quad Productions, (production company.). Studio Canal+, (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Olga Kurylenko, Paddy Considine, Adrian McLoughlin, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Tom Brooke. (Cast).

Summary:

When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with the next evolution of the revolution, but it's clear everyone is really out for themselves. Proof that comedy, like politics, is all in the execution.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (107 minutes) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2018]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the comic books The death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Christopher Willis ; cinematographer, Zac Nicholson ; editor, Peter Lambert.
Participant or Performer Note:
Olga Kurylenko, Paddy Considine, Adrian McLoughlin, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Tom Brooke.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, violence and some sexual references.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed July 15th, 2018).

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Genre: Comedy films.
Dark comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Political films.
Satirical films.

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