The Death of Stalin
He’s dead, and the backstabbing has just begun
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?
- Director
- Armando Iannucci
- Worldwide
- $25M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
31 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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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?
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Death of Stalin returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Oct 20, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Belgium, Canada
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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