The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin
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 (TIFF); 20 October 2017 (United Kingdom); 4 April 2018 (France); 18 April 2018 (Belgium);
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom; Belgium;
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
Box office	$24.6 million

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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[:0-5] Walker, Shaun (14 October 2017). "In Russia, nobody's laughing at Iannucci's The Death of Stalin". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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