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