Jason Isaacs completely stole the show as Zhukov.

As the man from the former Soviet Union, I wish to thank you, all the people involved in making of this movie. I have just watched it and was amazed about how correct and delicate you were in, for example, respectful attitude to the Soviet army. Zhukov is my favourite character from it all. However, I think the triad of Zhukov-Konev-Rokossovsky in some comical context would have added even greater comic feel to this movie. Three military commanders that were approaching to Berlin in 1945. Konev was actually of the same physique and same manners as Zhukov. Rokossovsky, on the other hand, was of Polish noble ancestry, a very polite, full of respect and dignity to the others and himself military commander. I think that the scene of fight between Zhukov and Konev (punches and all that wrestling stuff), while Rokossovsky talks to his... female fans not noticing the two fighting, would look awesome in this movie. As far as I know, there indeed was a confusing fight between Zhukov and Konev in 1945 - confusing for the people around them who had no idea of the reason of the fight. Tough guys they were. And Rokossovsky who never yelled, never used swear words and never beat anybody in his whole life, it seems. Like three musketeers, you know.

Barvo Mark for the self restraint to manage to wait a whole minute before mentioning Jason Isaacs

Chris Morris did Four Lions and Armando did The Death of Stalin. Two pure comedy Gods who need to get back together asap!

My favourite film of the last 10-20 years. Genius.

I really loved this film. The Funeal scene is my favorite part where buschemi tries to make a movement look like part of the ceremony particularly tickled me.

Iannucci did a great job directing this hilarious satire. The casting was great as well. Jason Isaacs, Buscemi and Palin were funny as hell.

This film is cinematic genius As long as you understand Stalin and Beria were monsters.

I *loved* it. I have a profound weakness for well done black comedy. Everyone involved turned in a spectacular performance.

Awesome movie, funnier than anything I have seen for ever and really dark in places to keep you aware of where and when you are...acted superbly, I loved it.

Shame they glossed over Paul Whitehouse like that even after Iannucci brought him up specifically. Whitehouse is a genuine talent and I was so pleased to see him on the big screen. He is a brilliant comedic actor yet able to bring remarkable pathos into a dramatic role (Rowley Birkin on the Fast Show for instance). I hope he gets more work like that in the future, he deserves to be recognized as the great and versatile actor he is.

I paid money to see this ridiculous film today. Loved it!

Rehearsal time... what a curious concept. You'd almost think Sidney Lumet knew a thing or two.

Armando Iannucci - The greatest political Director . . .

Jeffery Tambor was cracking me up

This film is wonderful. Amazing from start to finish.

Incredibly dark and funny. One of the best movies i have ever seen

cant WAIT to see this. it sounds brilliant. so intelligent. love it.

Long after the release of this movie, I have watched it countless times. Each time I understand more of it, and find it funnier each time, even though it is a very dark humour..

Be good if we had a thick of it movie about Brexit or events leading up to it

Just watched it on video, and I re-played the scene where they put Stalin on the bed four times and guffawed every time. Just thinking about it makes me laugh all over again. Sublime visual comedy alongside all the brilliant verbals.

Fantastic movie, great comedy, a gold-standard of the real comedy I would say. The only things that irritated me as a former citizen of the USSR were some historical inaccuracies, though many things were historically accurate. But these lists of people to be shot by a secret police - the intensity of it that was shown in a movie was only in 1937-38, not in the 50-s. Second - Stalin's children were of much less significance in history that this movie shows and third - NKVD shooting people arriving to Moscow is a complete made-up story that never happened. But I guess script-writer add all this for the movie's success so I dont blame him, its not a documentary.

One of the best movies ever made. Why isn't this on everyone's favorite list?

£50 a day + tea and biscuits that's clearly mate's rates

I have just rewatched the movie and this interview. I love the movie, theinterview is fascinating and I recommend watching them again in the light of current events.

This is one movie I wish I could take my mom to see... She was born in 1929 and left Russia after the war, and to her Stalin will always be the hero that the Russian education system made him out to be. "yeah, I know he did a lot of terrible things, but..." She now spends her days watching Russian state TV and thinks Putin "is not so bad as you're always making him out to be!", so, I guess nothing much changes...! Anyway, wish I could watch this in a cinema, but - even though almost a fifth of the population over here (Israel) is originally from Russia (or maybe because of this?) - I don't see it schedueled for realease here

The delicacy needed to make a comedy out of a situation of so much suffering is so hard to achieve, but he did it brilliantly. That Russia banned it speaks to its bite as a satire.

Dr Strange Love meets Brazil.

Maybe the most historically correct movie ever... except for the timeline... which for movie making purposes, I get it. They got everything right... including the bouquet of flowers that Beria gave his rape victims. If they accepted them, it was consensual, if not, the Gulag or a bullet

In Russia the authorises have forbidden the film. Stalin is alive(((

Excellent movie. Enjoyed the hell out of it.

Interesting that Bob Dylan pays a sort of tribute to Zhukov in the lyrics of 'Mother of Muses': 'Sing of Sherman, Montgomery, and Scott And of Zhukov, and Patton, and the battles they fought , Who cleared the path for Presley to sing, Who carved the path for Martin Luther King'.

Armando is a national treasure

Such a great film, up there w in bruges for me as a clever witty flick i'll always want to watch

Waiting for this movie physically hurts, I think it still doesn't even have a release date where I live. Also I love this man.

I wish I could find that Seagal interview.

He wears headphones literally

Is it okay to watch this film whilst suffering from a cold? It sounds so funny it will wreck my throat and my head is so full of cold I will be overwhelmed by the jokes

Interesting to hear their discussion about whether it's been released in Russia and the following discussion on Russian political entities in general in 2022.

When, oh, when can we see this in the States!?!?!

I’m teaching Kafka right now to my high school students and have been using Death of Stalin as a kind of supplemental text. It’s a great way to show how tragedy, horror, and comedy can coexist simultaneously. I really feel like this is nearly the last word in black comedy. It seems like the negative reaction to the film in Russia was about the way in which it makes a mockery of the myth of vitality and machismo among Russian apparatchiks. I get the sense that stuff runs pretty deep in Russian culture even today.

Did Simon just call him Amanda? 18:50

Jason Isaacs as Zhukov as Captain Flash.

On a par with Life of Brian. Top of the comedy tree - reserved for those satirising huge targets and hitting the spot. Comedy gold.

I don't understand: Will I be sent to the gulag if I see this or can I only avoid the gulag by seeing it? Answers please comrades.

I thought Armando was playing Stalin in the thumbnail 😆

Trump is Stalin sounds ridiculous three years later.

Really want to see this film, but it's not on anywhere near me annoyingly.

I live in Vietnam. No release here as yet.

a great movie

David Copperfield In Space?

Nobody knows which light the last switch controls.

His two new projects sound interesting. He should combine the two: David Copperfield in Space!

MORE TUCKER PLEASE !

So glad this is on Netflix now. I was laughing and terrified at the same time. I keep coming back to it, the way a child keeps coming back to a terrifying fairytale until they can get past it. Right now we have a viral machine taking people out back and killing them, and the people at the top are at the same level of incompetence.

Armando is The Don.

it's good

Simon russell beale was so Dispicable in this Great Actor

The thing is, in real life, Beria was by far the most capable manager of the bunch. He could easily been a CEO of a fortune 500 company. Seems like he had the same moral compass as many of them.

To compare stalin who's actions were responsible for deaths well in the millions, to trump who may say an idiotic thing here and there (but who is in no way responsible for such a destruction and misery) shows how uneducated people have become. If we think that trump is the worst thing/person since stalin just shows what a dumbed down and hypocritical society we live in today. Now, with all that said, I think that the movie was a great comedy and a wonderful spin on those dark days. Just don't try to put a greater meaning to it (and by that I mean to compare it to anything that's going on in todays politics).

The Chinese are a funny lot ... Who's working on "The Death of Mao"

That birdsong is SO annoying

Iannucci is the tipical one thinking making people laugh let's truth come out. We have worldwide examples now that that's not true. In truth that approach is what puts authoritarians in power. Because what's funny is individual people. There's no comedy about ideas.

This discussion shows how little authors actually know about these people they call "idiots".

oh please. trump is somehow not as bad as bush was in my opinion, and brexit is the people taking their country back. nothing wrong with that.

I am shocked by how many people in the comments liked this film. I couldn't even finish it.