

State Funeral
2019-10-22 · 135 min · ★ 6.6
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
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Production details
- Directors
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Production companies
- Atoms & Void, Studio Uljana Kim, Nutprdukce, Current Time TV
- Countries
- Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
Lavrentiy BeriaSelf (archive footage)
Vyacheslav MolotovSelf (archive footage)
Georgi MalenkovSelf (archive footage)
Klement GottwaldSelf (archive footage)
Bolesław BierutSelf (archive footage)
Urho KekkonenSelf (archive footage)
Zhou EnlaiSelf (archive footage)
Valko ChervenkovSelf (archive footage)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejSelf (archive footage)
Mátyás RákosiSelf (archive footage)
Otto GrotewohlSelf (archive footage)
Walter UlbrichtSelf (archive footage)
Harry PollittSelf (archive footage)
Dolores IbárruriSelf (archive footage)
Yumjaagiin TsedenbalSelf (archive footage)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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