The Death of Stalin: Directed by Armando Iannucci. With Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards. Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now th
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“It is the mainspring of life, courage,” Fallaci writes two-thirds of the way through, as if urging her readers on. “And courage has many faces. The face of generosity, of vanity, of curiosity, of necessity, of pride, of innocence, of recklessness, of hatred, of joy, of desperati...
The humour in The Death of Stalin is often very "dark" indeed, souring the humour to the extent that it spoils whatever merits this movie and its creators, producers, and actors exhibit. A big disappointment. Nope N Jan 15, 2024
The Death of Stalin What to Know Critics Consensus The Death of Stalinfinds director/co-writer Arnando Iannucci in riotous form, bringing his scabrous political humor to bear on a chapter in history with painfully timely parallels. Read Critics Reviews ...