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Red Monarch
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5.4British 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!"
Released: 1983-06-16101 minDir: Jack GoldComedy
Cast
- Colin Blakely as Stalin
- David Suchet as Beria
- Carroll Baker as Ellen Brown
- Ian Hogg as Shaposhnikov
- David Kelly as Sergo
- Jean Heywood as Sopha
Themes
- film noir
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- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 882744
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- publication date
- 1983-06-16
- title
- Red Monarch
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Joseph Stalin
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Nikita Khrushchev
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IMDb
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totalitarianism
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Vyacheslav Molotov
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KGB
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Georgy Malenkov
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Lavrentiy Beria
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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black comedy
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Kliment Voroshilov
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Lazar Kaganovich
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dissident
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David Suchet
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Carroll Baker
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television film
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The Death of Stalin
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Vasily Dzhugashvili
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David Kelly
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Lev Mekhlis
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Categories
1983 black comedy films1983 British films1983 comedy-drama films1983 English-language films1983 films1983 television filmsBritish black comedy filmsBritish comedy-drama television filmsCultural depictions of Lavrentiy BeriaEnglish-language black comedy filmsFiction about totalitarianismFilms about Joseph StalinFilms based on non-fiction booksFilms directed by Jack Gold