Red Monarch

Jack Gold
1983-06-16


4.7
101 min

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"

Cast

Name Character Team
Colin Blakely Stalin Unowned
David Suchet Beria Unowned
Carroll Baker Ellen Brown Unowned
Ian Hogg Shaposhnikov Unowned
David Kelly Sergo Unowned
Jean Heywood Sopha Unowned
David Threlfall Vasily Unowned
Lee Montague Lee Unowned
Glynn Edwards Vlasek Unowned
Nigel Stock Molotov Unowned
Brian Glover Nikita Krushchev Unowned
Wensley Pithey Voroshilov Unowned
George A. Cooper Kaganovitch Unowned
Peter Woodthorpe Malenkov Unowned
Freddie Earlle Mikoyan Unowned
Gawn Grainger Zamorsky Unowned
Oscar Quitak Mehklis Unowned
Bernard Gallagher Vovka Unowned
Jane Galloway Svetlana Unowned
Tim Preece Lukov Unowned
George Costigan Projectionist Unowned
Fred Lee Own Mao Tse Tung Unowned
Malcolm Terris Chairman of Physical Education Unowned
Eileen Helsby Nina Unowned
Susan Carpenter Seraphima Unowned
Paddy Joyce Akhmet Unowned
Virginia Balfour Housekeeper Unowned
Ceri Jackson Olga Unowned
Darren Gordon Young Josef Unowned
Flora Page Little Masha Unowned