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?
as Nikita Khrushchev
as Lavrenti Beria
as Georgy Malenkov
as Field Marshal Zhukov
as Vyacheslav Molotov
as Vasily Stalin
as Svetlana Stalin
as Lazar Kaganovich
as Anastas Mikoyan
as Nicolai Bulganin
as Josef Stalin
as Andreyev
as Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
as Sergei
as Nina Khrushchev
as Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1
as NKVD Officer Delov
as Woman in Layers of Clothes
as Man in Layers of Clothes
as Musician #1
as Musician #2
as Citizen Bundled Into Car
as Young Man Snitch
as Middle Aged Man
as Middle Aged Wife
as Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
as Mrs. Bresnavich
as Concert Director
as Lidiya Timashuk
as NKVD Officer Kobulov
as NKVD Officer Pervak
as Soldier
as Sergeant
as Matryona Petrovna
as NKVD Guard Ilyin
as NKVD Officer Slimonov
as Khrustalyov
as Dr. Lukomsky
as Young Doctor
as Tall Doctor
as Ice Hockey Coach
as Tarasov
as Army General
as NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates
as Young Waitress
as Polina Molotova
as Prisoner at Gulag
as Volga Guard Chasov
as Volga Guard Shulga
as Mezhnikov
as Little Girl #2
as NKVD Officer Aslanov
as Zhukov's Chief of Staff
as Teenage Ostrich Girl
as Translator
as Zhou Enlai
as NKVD Officer Fedin
as Father
as Mother
as Daughter
as Son
as NKVD Colonel Entin
as Little Girl #1
as Leonid Brezhnev
as Moskalenko
as Red Army General
as Red Army Captain
as Teenage Girl
as Red Army Colonel
as Marshal Konev
as Child Mourner (uncredited)
