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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television film
- Genre
- political satire
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jack Gold
- Screenwriter
- Charles Wood
- Cast member
- Jean Heywood
- Producer
- David Puttnam
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 882744
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1983-06-16
- title
- Red Monarch
- distributed by
- Film4 Productions
- original broadcaster
- Channel 4
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