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The Death Of Stalin. Image shows from L to R: Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale), Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor)
The Death Of Stalin

The Death Of Stalin

  • 2017 film

Comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci about the last days of Joseph Stalin and the chaos after his death. Also features Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, Paul Whitehouse and more.

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30 films that define 21st-century big-screen comedy.

Jonathan Dean and Helen Hawkins, The Sunday Times, 7th June 2020

Armando Iannucci mocks Brexit during film awards

Armando Iannucci lambasted Brexit during an acceptance speech at the European film awards, after his film The Death of Stalin won Best Comedy Film of 2018.

Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 17th December 2018

Writers' Guild Awards 2019 shortlist

The writers of Derry Girls, Inside No. 9 and Detectorists are amongst the nominees for The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2019.

British Comedy Guide, 4th December 2018

Scot Squad wins at Scottish BAFTAs

Scot Squad and Armando Iannucci were amongst the winners at this year's Scottish BAFTAs, announced last night.

British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2018

Armando Iannucci amongst BAFTA Scotland nominees

Jonathan Watson, Elaine C Smith, Scot Squad and the films Anna And The Apocalypse and The Party's Just Beginning are amongst the nominees for the British Academy Scotland Awards 2018. Armando Iannucci has also been nominated twice for The Death Of Stalin.

British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2018

Comedies nominated in British Screenwriters' Awards

The nominations for the British Screenwriters' Awards 2018 features the writers of Famalam, Timewasters, Derry Girls, Sick Note and Motherland.

British Comedy Guide, 18th July 2018

Armando Iannucci on Barnaby Joyce: It's been hilarious

The satirist behind Veep and The Thick of It takes aim at Australian politics ahead of the premiere of his new film, The Death of Stalin.

Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian, 6th March 2018

Armando Iannucci interview

Armando Iannucci on why he's finding it hard to maintain his sense of humour.

Chr York, The Huffington Post, 3rd March 2018

Armando Iannucci on Brexit, Trump & The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci, Britain's satirist-in-chief, talks to Nick Mitchell about the similarities between Stalinist Russia and Trump's America, his new Dickens-inspired project, and the return of Alan Partridge.

Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 22nd February 2018

Download: The Death of Stalin review

Armando Iannucci assembles a dream team for a nightmarish orgy of power-grabbing and back-stabbing.

Raphael Abraham, The Financial Times, 16th February 2018

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