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Summary
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.
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- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 85Audiences 76GoodWatch 70
Running time
2 h 15 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +39 min on the typical 96
typical 96135Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 75 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+65
Released
2019
October 22, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Lithuania
Netherlands
Russia
17 of 17
Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
Lavrentiy BeriaSelf (archive footage)
Vyacheslav MolotovSelf (archive footage)
Georgi MalenkovSelf (archive footage)
Klement GottwaldSelf (archive footage)
Bolesław BierutSelf (archive footage)
Urho KekkonenSelf (archive footage)
Zhou EnlaiSelf (archive footage)
Valko ChervenkovSelf (archive footage)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejSelf (archive footage)
Mátyás RákosiSelf (archive footage)
Otto GrotewohlSelf (archive footage)
Walter UlbrichtSelf (archive footage)
Harry PollittSelf (archive footage)
Dolores IbárruriSelf (archive footage)
Yumjaagiin TsedenbalSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 1
- Sergei Loznitsa Director, Screenplay, Producer
Production · 4
- Maria Choustova Producer
- Pavla Janoušková Kubečková Co-Producer
- Vladilen Vierny Researcher
- Jakub Viktorín Co-Producer
Editing · 3
- Danielius Kokanauskis Editor
- Sebastian Plamadeala Online Editor
- Claudiu Doaga Colorist
Sound · 2
- Vladimir Golovnitsky Sound Designer
- Ivo Heger Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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