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)
Crew
Sergei Loznitsa
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Danielius Kokanauskis
Editor
Sebastian Plamadeala
Online Editor
Claudiu Doaga
Colorist
Maria Choustova
Producer
Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Co-Producer
Jakub Viktorín
Co-Producer
Vladimir Golovnitsky
Sound Designer
Ivo Heger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vladilen Vierny
Researcher
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