The Plot to Kill Stalin
Seen it?1958 | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and romantics. If you loved The Death of Stalin, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 19 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1958: an older pace and style.
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Delbert Mann
- Melvyn DouglasStalin
- Eli WallachPoskrebyshev
- Oskar HomolkaKhrushchev
- E.G. MarshallBeria
- Luther AdlerMolotov
- Thomas GomezMalenkov
- Marian SeldesMme. Molotov
- Lawrence DobkinShtemenko
- Bert FreedSokolovsky
- David J. StewartIgnatiev