British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
Cast
Colin Blakely
Stalin
David Suchet
Beria
Carroll Baker
Ellen Brown
Ian Hogg
Shaposhnikov
David Kelly
Sergo
Jean Heywood
Sopha
David Threlfall
Vasily
Lee Montague
Lee
Glynn Edwards
Vlasek
Nigel Stock
Molotov
Brian Glover
Nikita Krushchev
Wensley Pithey
Voroshilov
George A. Cooper
Kaganovitch
Peter Woodthorpe
Malenkov
Freddie Earlle
Mikoyan
Gawn Grainger
Zamorsky
Oscar Quitak
Mehklis
Bernard Gallagher
Vovka
Tim Preece
Lukov
George Costigan
Projectionist
Fred Lee Own
Mao Tse Tung
Malcolm Terris
Chairman of Physical Education
Eileen Helsby
Nina
Susan Carpenter
Seraphima
Paddy Joyce
Akhmet
Virginia Balfour
Housekeeper
Ceri Jackson
Olga
Darren Gordon
Young Josef
Flora Page
Little Masha
Jane Galloway
Svetlana
Crew
Jack Gold
Director
Charles Wood
Writer
Susan Richards
Script Editor
Yuri Korotkov
Story
Laurence Méry-Clark
Editor
Bryan Oates
Assistant Editor
Mike Fash
Director of Photography
Gary White
First Assistant Director
Adrian Rawle
Second Assistant Director
Derek Harrington
Third Assistant Director
David Puttnam
Executive Producer
Graham Benson
Producer
Kathy Sykes
Producer's Assistant
Sally Ball
Production Assistant
Alexis Cahill
Production Runner
Norman Garwood
Production Design
Chic Anstiss
Camera Operator
Irene Lamb
Casting Director
Evangeline Harrison
Costume Designer
Diane Jones
Wardrobe Master
David Whiteing
Wardrobe Assistant
Sally Harrison
Hairdresser
Sandra Shepherd
Makeup Artist
Jonathan Bates
Sound Editor
Mick Monks
Assistant Sound Editor
Trevor Pyke
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brian Simmons
Sound Mixer
Rowland Fowles
Boom Operator
Bobby Blues
Production Accountant
Maggie Gray
Set Decoration
Peter Verard
Construction Manager
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Ray Perry Sr.
Property Master
Belinda Edwards
Property Buyer
Clive Mackey
Clapper Loader
Renée Glynne
Continuity
Dickie Lee
Grip
John Fenner
Gaffer
Robin Douet
Production Manager
Mike Miller
Focus Puller
Gilly Hodson
Publicist
Carolyn Jardine
Publicist
Keith Pain
Art Direction
Howard Brown
Graphic Designer
John Gorham
Graphic Designer
