Overview
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?
Cast
- Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev
- Simon Russell Beale as Lavrenti Beria
- Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov
- Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov
- Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov
- Rupert Friend as Vasily Stalin
- Andrea Riseborough as Svetlana Stalin
- Dermot Crowley as Lazar Kaganovich
- Paul Whitehouse as Anastas Mikoyan
- Paul Chahidi as Nicolai Bulganin