The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by David Schneider and Ian Martin with Peter Fellows. Based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline 展开

On the night of 1 March 1953, Joseph Stalin calls the Radio Moscow director to demand a recording of the just-concluded live recital of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. The … 展开

During the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, it was announced that production on the film was set to begin in June, and that Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Olga Kurylenko, Timothy Dalton, 展开

Several academics have argued there are historical inaccuracies in The Death of Stalin. In response, Iannucci has said: "I'm not saying it's a documentary. It is a fiction, but it's a fiction … 展开

Note: At the time the film's events took place, many of the characters' real-life counterparts did not hold the positions listed in the film.
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The Death of Stalin was screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. … 展开

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