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The Death of Stalin
British theatrical release poster
Directed by
Armando Iannucci
Written by
Armando Iannucci
David Schneider
Ian Martin
Peter Fellows (additional material)
Screenplay by
Fabien Nury
Based on
La Mort de Staline by
Fabien Nury (writer) &
Thierry Robin (illustrator)
Produced by
Yann Zenou
Laurent Zeitoun
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky
Kevin Loader
Starring
Steve Buscemi
Simon Russell Beale
Paddy Considine
Rupert Friend
Jason Isaacs
Michael Palin
Andrea Riseborough
Jeffrey Tambor
Cinematography
Zac Nicholson
Edited by
Peter Lambert
Music by
Christopher Willis
Production companies
Gaumont
Quad Productions
Main Journey
France 3 Cinema
La Cie Cinématographique
Panache Productions
AFPI
Canal+
Ciné+
France Télévisions
Title Media
Distributed by
Entertainment One Films (United Kingdom)
Gaumont (France)
September Film Distribution (Belgium)
Release dates
8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) (TIFF)
20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) (United Kingdom)
4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) (France)
18 April 2018 (2018-04-18) (Belgium)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Countries
France
United Kingdom
Belgium
Language
English
Budget
$13 million[2]
Box office
$24.6 million[3]
The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by David Schneider and Ian Martin with Peter Fellows. Based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline (2010–2012), the film depicts the internal social and political power struggle among the members of Council of Ministers following the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953. The French-British-Belgian co-production stars an ensemble cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Dermot Crowley, Paul Chahidi, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Whitehouse, and Jeffrey Tambor.
The film premiered on 8 September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom by Entertainment One Films on 20 October 2017, in France by Gaumont on 4 April 2018, and in Belgium by September Film Distribution on 18 April 2018. It received critical acclaim and various accolades, including nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, one of which was for Outstanding British Film, and 13 British Independent Film Awards, four of which it won. There was fierce opposition to the film in Russia, where it was seen as "anti-Russian propaganda", and it was banned there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan, for allegedly mocking the Soviet past and making fun of the USSR.[4][5]
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