Now I need a Trailer for this movie set to The Office theme. XD

Ianucci's speciality is making serious political situations feel like scenes from The Office (The Thick Of It, Veep)

You wonder if it isn't to far off. Lol

This is so much better than the office

The Soviet Union was run by corrupt, small men seeking absolute power. It was far more ridiculous than The Office.

They should've left that scene in the movie, it was fucking hilarious lmfao.

@@Zargabaath I remember seeing it in theatres, did they remove it?

@@Zargabaath First time seeing that scene. XD

Best part as well is that it is the Minister of Defense, Bulganin, who is the one who who Zhukovs tell them to shoot.

@@Baurles yup making him technically Zhukovs boss lol

He's the huge penis in the locker-room ...

Imagine the weight of his jacket with full military honours... Man was basically doing weightlifting in it)))

Pretty sure all those medals made him literally and figuratively bulletproof.

@@F1zzler Imagine how much stronger he must have been without them, though, like Goku or Piccolo.

@@Argumemnon or Rock Lee)

One of the best moments in Cinema History! It's legendary.

I managed to watch this movie having learned a lot about Zhukov but not realizing he'd be in the movie and I think I did like girly excitement screaming at that entrance

Zhukov taking off his coat with 2 AK-47, best moment in the whole movie

That and the "shoot him, only joking"

What movie is that?

no way

He was the hardcore metalist indeed...

Zhukov's one weakness is a superconductor

@@aarongoldstein8472 yep that’s true

Yeah, those days in the USSR they gave a medal even for farting in the west direction

As I remember,(from the other channel that tell about things, facts or details in every famous movie)he said that it would be too comedic if they do the actual amout of medals Zhukov has(have?).

@@leopardpta9269 no need to apologise mate, it was perfectly understandable

@@soph1823 Oh ok.

I also heard that because the chest size of the actor wasn't big enough to fit every medal

@@leopardpta9269 and he totally earned and deserve every one of them, unlike in most authoritarian countries

Some men are the calm center of a hurricane, he is/was one of them.

@@mr.robinson1982 if he had taken control I’d call him a hurricane too haha

@@mr.robinson1982 he was the hurricane

​@@mr.robinson1982 people who have been on the front lines kinda have that about them..... especially when no bullets are flying . also people with ADD/ADHD..... strange enough their is enough "input" to satisfy their (aka my) brain.... so it actually "chills" them out they can focus, and usually start leading in a "tornado just hit town" type situation

@@kainhall I do believe this is true, while often times I find myself stumped or clueless in certain low pressure circumstances, I find myself with a clear head in high pressure circumstances

Even more brilliant, for me is that Jason Isaacs put on that Yorkshire accent. He's from Liverpool originally and quite well spoken. But that accent he puts on for Zhukov is just perfect!

@@saippuakivikuappias 🤣

It also somewhat makes sense, characters that were natively Russian were given British accents, while characters that were Ukrainian had American accents, it also lined up with their upbringings, Zhukov had a Yorkshire accent because Yorkshire is apparently 85% rural and it lines up with Zhukov being born to a peasant family in a rural town named Strelkovka (modern day name: Zhukov)

@@nietzschealfelor6211 Well I never. Thanks for the mini history lesson 👍

Yeah, it would have been so much more jarring to hear fake Russian accents. Feels much more natural this way.

This film's Zhukov and the Great Santini would have gotten along great.

generals should stay in safe place

my man zhukovs is a hungry boi

There are layers upon that one joke that historians can analyze

В стиле англосаксонской пьяни .

Not so much, "The Great Cornholio" Khrushchev, being afraid of Zhukov's popularity, forced him into an early retirement soon after these events. It must be noted that said popularity was heavily inflated by propaganda because he was given credit for some if not most of the victories won by other commanders such as Rokossovsky, Vasilevski and Konev - in an attempt to create a single face-figure for the push against the nazies. An endeavor in which they succeeded so much, that even some of the modern historians are so delusional that they call him "the marshal of victory" and pretty much attribute said victory to him and him only. Sad reality is that he was a butcher and not only known for his "human wave" tactics but also killed tens of thousands of army personnel and civilians in the Totskoye nuclear exercise - pretty much for the lulz, just to study how quickly people die from nuclear poisoning. Josef Mengele is a layman comparing to Zhukov in that regard. It pains me to see how thanks to this movie uneducated people star struck by Jason's performance think that the real man was even remotely similar to this performance.

@@Badchi source on that casualty number?

@@Badchi lol human wave tactics....he was the man who invented deep battle in Manchuria

@@MrGhjkl63 Up to 40k dead by radiation poisoning, god knows how many more indirectly from long term effects. Literally on russian wikipedia.

​@@Badchi You say yourself, Zukov was both venerated and expurgated by the party depending on who was in power so there will be multiple sources both with bias against and for him. And yet you go on to say that history was revised overwhelmingly in his favour? How the hell then did the Khrushchev and Stalin exile him from power if there was only a single narrative about him and why do you think modern historians wouldn't be able to derive this fact?

Another reason Khrushchev never entirely trusted him.

He also loved American soda.

@@StrikeRaptor1000 And Eisenhower respected him so much that he asked Coca-Cola to make a clear version so that Zhukov could drink it without being accused of indulging in American capitalist luxuries (he said it was vodka).

Hard to hate another fisherman.

Imagine if Zhukov opted to enter politics and became Stalin's successor. Eisenhower and Zhukov, both ruling the West and East. Maybe we could've avoided the Cold War.

But you would also need to bring back Zhukov's Chief of Staff.

@@UnlistedThoughts Maybe a guest appearance of the man made mostly of hair since he's really the man behind the scenes pulling the strings.

@@UnlistedThoughts A guy named Leonid Brezhnev. Never amounted to much, eh?

Yes, please

A film about the greatest general in the history? I doubt who hollywood do that

Yep, tremendous.

who the fuck is he

He did. Brilliant performance.

@@nwah4494 Lucius Malfoy

@@nwah4494 Hook

It could have been him being executed

I love this line 😂

Beria was a scummy piece of shit, i'd feel the same way.

This garbage film are using English sentences & expression.

@@willy.asyrafNo kidding. It’s almost as if the film is shot in English. They made the actors use their natural accents to show the regional Russian accents without butchering them via a poxy Russian impression, and it works beautifully. The film is hilarious!

Don't be some anonimous us army officer, was their personal friend the five star general eisenhower the ones who send him the coke

So Sprite?

@@MasonGreenWeed Coke flavored soda water

Amazing story. German boxer Max Schmeling ended up working for the Coca-Cola company after the war. Never a Nazi, Max was still expected by Hitler to prevail as a champ for his country. When Max lost to Joe Louis, Hitler assigned him to the airborne, but Max ended up suffering from anxiety related problems and was relieve of combat duty.

Hope it's true

well, isn't accirate at all: Bulganin was the part of plot from the very beginning, being totally disinitiative passive alcoholic by the way

Honestly fair Bulganin wasn't nearly as respected as Zhukov and he mostly got his job due to political connections not actual skill

@@lawsharland7278 yeaa man, the way he follows mikoyan anywhere he goes throughout the film does prove your point

One of the running jokes of the movie is that Bulganin, even being the Minister of Defense, doesn't know shit about what the Red Army or NKVD is up to

@@Ramboost007probably realistic

A famous saying of Soviet soldiers: "Where Zhukov is, there is Victory." Nevertheless, everyone noted his simplicity in dealing with soldiers and rather rude humor. (By the way, he did not have a scar on his face, but there was a scar on his chest from a saber strike and poor hearing after the explosion. This guy knew what war was)

@@Shurikova666 While I think the Soviets win WW2 regardless, Zhukov was part of almost every major victory in the Eastern Front. The man is one of the greatest military leaders of all time

That soldier is going to be bragging about it for the rest of his life. "Comrade General Zhukov barged into the room, handed me his own AK, and then beat the shit out of Beria!"

@@Ealsante If he did brag about it, that would be a very short "rest of his life" :D

Soldiers respond to confidence and no one is more sure of himself than Zhukov. Beria was a despised sexual predator who every husband and father wanted dead. That guard had every reason not to want to interfere.

well, this comedy isn't quite about educating anybody...

A sequel would be wonderful.

Do the Cuban missile crisis from the russo-cuban side

@@larurentius would be really good, you could have a Dr. Strangelove sort of movie about the inherent absurdity of nuclear war. Something tells me people now might get something out of it.

I wanna see a prequel about Zhukov winning the war.

Well, you wouldn’t need to piss anymore

"beat nazi germany" lmao not really though

@@quincyames2014 yeah really though

​@@quincyames2014even after all the murican propaganda you ate you still gotta acknowledge that zhukov and res army beat the nazis

@@babauranai Red Army yeah but apparently they overstated Zhukov's contribution so they could give a face to the war effort or something

im no historian, but i pretty sure they had differnt accents too, i could be wrong though :D

@@zeran147 That was actually a choice by the director who didn't want the audience taken out of the movie with bad Russian accents. I made my point because most of the other actors do bear a resemblance to their historical counter parts. One last thing, Zhukov didn't have a scar on his face either.

No one looks like the real person here

He's also not bald

@@SantomPh Khrushchev's actor looks like real beria and beria's looks like the real Khrushchev

Killing people and never knowing if you're next is exhausting...

The suit doesn't really work without the belt...

If anyone deserved to suffer and die in that century, it was definitely Beria. Actually I find it quite interesting that Beria is seldom ever mentioned in Western media, which makes me curious why, because in a lot of ways he's on the same level with the same functions as Heinrich Himmler. He was also a rapist, known to give women he raped a bouquet of flowers after the fact, and if they refused having them and/or their families shot. "Shoot her in front of him first then shoot her" is very Beria. I don't know if him being Jewish changes the way our media likes to ignore this historical figure but basically he's the embodiment of the darkest impulses of the NKVD and the Soviet Empire at its absolute worst, probably had a hand in killings not even that far off from the Nazis themselves, and with an added bit of rape to such an extent even Stalin himself warned his daughter never to be around that man alone. Actually Beria really looks a lot like Himmler too, maybe with just a touch more Woody Allen.

Playing Mikoyan - the wily old survivor (along with Kaganovich).

Voroshilov would be the other

@@johnbeauvais3159 the difference is that vorosilov is a stupid and incompetent general, in contrast to zhukov who is a genius general

@@muhammadashshiddiq8752 As I understand it, Voroshilov was a poor tactical general but as a defensive and strategic planner he was actually quite adept

@@johnbeauvais3159 Defense is easier no supply lines at risk and you’d have home advantage

Well yeah. It would be beyond stupid to get rid of your very best general.

It’s like he knows what’s going to happen when Zhukov arrives.

Sigma Law 1943: Accept nothing other than Unconditional surrender. 1944: Don't wait for air or artillery. Support yourself. 1945: Capitals are meant to be served on plates.

Stalin tried to bust him for keeping some war booty, got him assigned away from Moscow for a while. Then Stalin called him back.

He was a threat to Stalin, but Stalin couldnt do shit cause Zhukov was extremely popular

@@lennartmoritz942 Not to mention he was quite effective, and it would be a very big blow to the army, and a hole that would more than likely not be replaced well enough

he was too popular to be purged, so the only thing Stalin could to was to demote him and send him to Odessa

Staline had no reason at all to purge Joukov, he was a competent general and a loyal bolshevik

@@StykFo too competent and too much of a hero to challenge the leadership. that reason alone had had too many great general get the axe through out human history

Probably the only men in that room he truly respects.

Why did she look at the passport and say Vienna?

@@cb2291 IRL they got rid of all of Stalin's children legitimate or otherwise. To much of a threat to have Stalins kids thinking they were important.

I seen a dude smoking a cigarette at the gas station like a f*ckin idiot right by the pump so I wasn't worried too much this guy was much further away

@@kingcobra7183 Well I mean in reality igniting gas vapours is quite tough, it boils off very slowly at room temperature, let alone in Moscow in winter, so there's not much risk of accidental ignition. Really the way you ignite it is by modifying the pressure, or raising the temperature of the petrol to near its boiling point and then igniting a spark. Petrol doesn't really ignite by just pouring it on the ground and setting it alight. Nonetheless it is highly hazardous material and very unpredictable so you shouldn't have open flames near it anyway

Это бред, Берию не сожгли, а расстреляли

However the old names often kept currency, almost surprised he didn't call them Cheka.

Was it the Red Army before cause I know early on in the Soviet Union it was the Red Guard then had been restructuralised into the Red Army with the Commissars and a whole new officer core which comprised mostly of former White Army officers which was also one of the reasons Stalin did the purges.

@@adamisacomedian6344 when Red Army was composed it was intended to be a worldwide force of every worker and gather forces from Vladivostok until Lisbon, however the International Revolution did not happen and in the 40's the world was another one, plus while we had British Army, American Army, French Army, no Army was bound to the name of the USSR, so it made sense to rename it, althought many kept calling it "Red Army". A lot of new officers were former white officers, however most of them were formed under the spirit of October Revolution. All the Marshals fought for the Red Army during the Civil War. Some generals who became marshals later were white officers, for example Govorov (I worked in a street with his name in Saint Petersburg).

Nkvd was worst n Gestapo. Beria was a lider and first opponent to Zhukov after Stalin death.

Isaacs said we are the bluntest people he's met.

Nah stalin was scared of everyone, he is known for his paranoia which is also the reason for his purges

Literally needed him because Stalin needs the military. The military needs Zhukov. Stalin needs Zhukov.

@@Giganfan2k1 lol nah....if stalin would have purged Zhukov....there would have been another revolution...in the name of the Greatest Marshal of Soviet Union.. Marshal Georgy Zhukov.... Lol

beria played them against each other devil be failed stopped everywhere always in the name of Jesus Christ!

My "favorite" episode is when marshal Zhukov (who brought Geran Nazi to their knees) is portraited as an exhibitionist in a porn movie.

I couldn’t remember that one. I think it was a deleted scene.

@@fredrikhelland8194 I don't remember it either.

My "favorite" episode is when marshal Zhukov (who brought German Nazi to their knees) is portraited as an exhibitionist in a porn movie.

It was the KGB, not FSB. FSB is from after the cold war.

@@DronkenDrenthen The FSB is the modern day KGB

It's actually the NKVD lol.

@@Jimbob7595 It’s still around Beria’s time, so yes. You are right

@@Jimbob7595 Historically speaking, it wasn't even called NKVD at this particular point in time, it had some other, shorter name. And before NKVD it was called Cheka. KGB has went through too damn many names changes.

Very accurate I’d say

My "favorite" episode is when marshal Zhukov (who brought German Nazi to their knees) is portraited as an exhibitionist in a porn movie.

The word Marshall has too many meanings in English. Field Marshall it's a proper translation of the rank in this case

@@user-jf7lx3ou1e Well yes but no, it hink another example makes it clearer, just as in the US, Mexico, and many other countries the head of the state is the "Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces", that charge would be basically Zhukov's (until '45 with Stalin's rank of "Generalissimo of the Soviet Union")

@@patriciohe9273 Field Marshall is equal to 5 star general in the US army, which doesn't even exist these days. So I guess tho it sounds less powerful than the Marshal of the Soviet Union, it's pretty fitting.

@@stc2828 I gave an example more on the Mexican role side (that is a bit simpler) but yeah, I guess it would be like that, but also no because his charge is in regard of all Armed Forces (I'm not sure but I think the 5* Gral. Is only for the army)

@@patriciohe9273 Marshal of the Soviet Union did not represent the navy and was awarded to way more people than US 5 star general.

No Mel Gibson to spoil his victory this time!

this rustics almost take the glory of victory almost

He and Beria fucked up the timeline. Beria becomes prime minister of Great Britain and Zhukov is about to fuck Nazi Germany again by feeding bad intel.

It's "Send the entire battalion over the hill and crush them. It end's today"

"Prepare to charge! ... charge!"

He held the respect and admiration of every soldier in the Red Army, that's what made him so powerful, and why Beria feared him.

Agreed! I have a question, it's not prejudice or any kind of politics, just mere curiosity judging by his name. Is he Jew?

@@camaradacomissario9641 Yea I think he is

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower

Zhukov also was perfectly happy with what he rose to and didn't have much in the way of further ambition. He was a soldier, first and foremost, and didn't seek civil office or rising up further into civil office.

They did an excellent job of making Beria funny, but also clearly an absolute monster. "Shoot her before him, but make sure he sees it" was another excellent line.

And that was before space travel.

shows exactly the kind of sham trials that Beria infamously conducted on millions of other people with his NKVD, got what he fucking deserved, a taste of his own medicine.

Lavrenty Beria was the kind of man who everyone was happy to learn was dead. The man was an absolute monster who even Stalin would have had killed, and probably tried to have him killed at least once, had he not been so useful when kept on a leash. Helped by the fact that Beria feared Stalin, so he largely behaved. Of course, if Beria made any moves on Stalin's daughter, they would still be finding pieces of him to this day after the man got done with him.

beria played them against each other basically played Stalin against Zhukov

Colt 1911 in that one dude's hand, too. Lend Lease is the good shit.

I think most people still recognize his first as Lucius Malfoy

He gave the medic a reason to be there.

The events are quite accurate but they clearly had minimal interest in casting actors who looked liked the actual people. This was a great group of actors who looked like they were having a lot of fun working together.

@@IntrospectorGeneral the accuracy could be better for looks, but this is based off a graphic novel.

There is license taken of course and they condensed a lot of things into a short time, but yes, overall this movie was far more faithful to real events than most films based on history.

@@IntrospectorGeneral Except the actor who plays Nikolai Bulganin, he looks exactly like him.

Not really, no

Yes, I feel very lucky, sir. Yes, I did no work. Yes, this was entirely about landing on the right side of the algorithm. I hope no one notices

Jesus Christ is in Heaven... ❤️

fookin furious

Zhukov isn't overrated lol. He had so many medals they had to remove some for the film so it didn't look comdedic. I think stalin want him deposed but he was a national hero so he couldn't. Defintely a great military stragestist that even poitics in the soviet union couldn't touch him.

@@paladinoestetica1915 First of all, politics in the USSR could touch literally everyone. It‘s true that after Finland Stalin needed people who could fight but before that there was no amount of competence that guaranteed survival. Secondly, having more medals is not actually evidence of being better. Those medals were awarded by politicians. But I‘m asking about whether he was actually better than the other top Soviet Leaders. And you‘ve given exactly zero evidence why he should be considered better than, say, Rokossovski.

he got loads of medals from foreign nations

@@paladinoestetica1915 this may be surprising to you but those are also awarded by politicians. So you actually have no idea about Zhukov‘s battlefield performance vis a vis the best of his comrades and are just going by the medals. Lol

not all of his medals came from politicans. and if you read his wiki then it says why he got each of his medals. It is amazing how many words you take to say nothing.

The two things I think the movie got right... The general mood of the terror of the Stalin system; Berea did get killed.

yea good leadership recognize good leadership, one reason why stalin was a good man is cuz guys like zhukov respected him

@@MrNinjaone1”Stalin was a good man” bro maybe watch the movie

generals of such caliber dont go through metal detector

dude is stalins spoiled son

​@@VsevolodSidorenkoStalins sons weren't spoiled really

@@hannahdyson7129 he was spoiled.

No one could have done it better