State Funeral (2019)

6.6/10 135 min Documentary History

Overview

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

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Lavrentiy Beria

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Molotov

Self (archive footage)

Georgi Malenkov

Self (archive footage)

Klement Gottwald

Self (archive footage)

Bolesław Bierut

Self (archive footage)

Urho Kekkonen

Self (archive footage)

Zhou Enlai

Self (archive footage)

Valko Chervenkov

Self (archive footage)

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Self (archive footage)

Mátyás Rákosi

Self (archive footage)

Otto Grotewohl

Self (archive footage)

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Harry Pollitt

Self (archive footage)

Dolores Ibárruri

Self (archive footage)

Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal

Self (archive footage)

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