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7.3/10
IMDb94%
Rotten TomatoesEuropean Comedy | 2018 | Armando
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018 | Armando
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Simon Russell
Best Screenplay | 2019 | David
Best Director Fiction | 2018 | Armando
Best Writer FilmTelevision | 2018 | Armando
Best Supporting Actor | 2017 | Simon Russell
2017 | Armando
Best Comedy Film | 2019
Best Director | 2018 | Armando
Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | 2018 | Christopher
Best Comedy | 2018
Top Ten Independent Films | 2018
Outstanding British Film of the Year | 2018 | Armando
Best Screenplay (Adapted) | 2018 | David
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2018 | Armando
Best Foreign Film in CoProduction Meilleur film tranger en coproduction | 2019
Film | 2019 | Armando
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2019 | Armando
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019 | Armando
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019 | Armando
Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast | 2019
Adapted Screenplay | 2019 | Armando
Best Comedy Film | 2019 | Yann
Best Comedy | 2019
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018 | Armando
International Competition | 2018 | Armando
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Jason
Best Supporting Actress | 2018 | Andrea
Best Original Score Independent Film | 2018 | Christopher
Best Political Comedy Film | 2018
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Simon Russell
2017 | Armando
Best Feature Film | 2017 | Armando
Best Screenplay | 2017 | Armando
Best British Independent Film | 2017
Best Director | 2017 | Armando
Best Screenplay | 2017 | Ian
Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Andrea
Budget 13,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 24,600,000 USD
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Writer and director Armando Iannucci insisted on not having the characters speak with Russian accents, for two reasons: he thought it would take audiences out of the movie, and he did not want the actors and actresses to worry about their accents when improvising. In a promotional interview on BBC Radio 5 for the U.K. release, Iannucci stated that Russian journalists who had previewed this movie praised the decision.
In one scene, Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (Simon Russell Beale) locks a young woman in a cell and later gives her a bunch of flowers upon release. Beria was a notorious sexual predator, sometimes driven around Moscow in search of victims to assault. After Beria had finished with his victims, they were routinely offered a bunch of flowers. To accept was to imply that whatever had happened was consensual. To refuse could lead to arrest, torture, and disappearance.
The movie was banned in Russia on January 23, 2018, two days before it was due to be released. The Cultural Ministry stated, "The distribution certificate for the film The Death of Stalin has been withdrawn." One member of the Culture Ministry's advisory board was quoted as saying, "The film desecrates our historical symbols - the Soviet hymn, orders and medals, and Marshal Zhukov is portrayed as an idiot", and added that this movie's release in advance of the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad (February 2nd), would be "an affront to Russia's World War II veterans."
Jason Isaacs wears fewer medals than the real-life Georgi Zhukov. Writer and director Armando Iannucci thought that the real number of medals was too unbelievable.
Vyacheslav Molotov's (Sir Michael Palin) wife Polina's (Diana Quick) arrest and release is more or less consistent with the real events. Polina was arrested in 1949 on bogus charges and sentenced to five years of hard labor and got her freedom only after the death of Iosif Stalin. Molotov was forced to divorce her by Stalin during that time. She was used as a tool by Lavrenti Beria as depicted in this movie to secure Molotov's loyalty. They got remarried and lived together until her death in 1970. Even though their relationship seems sincere and lovely, Molotov never blamed Stalin or criticized him for the purges that led to the hardships his wife faced.
"Nikita Khrushchev: I really need your help. Georgy Zhukov: To do what? There's bodies fucking piling up in the street, it's a bit late, isn't it? Nikita Khrushchev: What if we blame this on someone... Georgy Zhukov: Wait... Nikita Khrushchev: Who's out of control? Georgy Zhukov: Nicky, be very careful what you say next. Who? Nikita Khrushchev: Beria. Georgy Zhukov: I'm going to have to report this conversation. Threatening to do harm or obstruct any member of the Presidium in the process of... [grins] Georgy Zhukov: Look at your fucking face! [bursts out laughing]"
"Vasily Stalin: I want to make a speech at my father's funeral. Nikita Khrushchev: [sarcastically] And I want to fuck Grace Kelly. Vasily Stalin: I simply don't care."