State Funeral

Sergei Loznitsa
2019-10-22


6.7
135 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) Unowned
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Unowned
Lavrentiy Beria Self (archive footage) Unowned
Vyacheslav Molotov Self (archive footage) Unowned
Georgi Malenkov Self (archive footage) Unowned
Klement Gottwald Self (archive footage) Unowned
Bolesław Bierut Self (archive footage) Unowned
Urho Kekkonen Self (archive footage) Unowned
Zhou Enlai Self (archive footage) Unowned
Valko Chervenkov Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Self (archive footage) Unowned
Mátyás Rákosi Self (archive footage) Unowned
Otto Grotewohl Self (archive footage) Unowned
Walter Ulbricht Self (archive footage) Unowned
Harry Pollitt Self (archive footage) Unowned
Dolores Ibárruri Self (archive footage) Unowned
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal Self (archive footage) Unowned
Palmiro Togliatti Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jacques Duclos Self (archive footage) Unowned