The Death of Stalin - Exclusive Clip

In Cinemas Oct 20.
The internal political landscape of 1950’s Soviet Russia takes on darkly comic form in a new film by Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated writer/director Armando Iannucci.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

At first you think the soldier is being an asshole to the director for being stingey on the time, but then you realize he's just trying to cover his own ass for delivering the parcel late to Stalin.

[@22espec]

In the end it didn't matter

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

@@22espec the irony of it

[@pyromania1018]

I'm pretty sure he was a bit of both, actually. The NKVD were incredibly smug when intimidating others, but like any bully, they folded whenever they faced actual resistance.

[@rifekimler3309]

He isnt a soldier, he is NKVD

[@steadyjumper3547]

Shows just how scared everyone is and how little Stalin cared

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

""What took you so long, did you f*cking walk here?" Priceless.

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

@33kaus holokaust you need to learn how to read. My surname is "MacDonald", the Scottish highland clan, not "McDonald's", which I believe is Irish.

[@goroakechi6126]

Daniel MacDonald As an Irish person, I can confirm.

[@Amharizz]

@@obi-wankenobi1233 Can I get one travis scott meal with supersize fries?

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

@@Amharizz Good heavens... If I'd had a pound for every time someone's said that to me, I would almost be as rich as that damned company itself! The amount of times I was teased for that in primary school, is probably as many the orders which all their restaurants combined got during that time. I am usually a calm individual, sir, but I must ask you to either apologize, or frankly get the hell out of this section.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Mc is an abbreviation. WGAF.

[@paulwiths]

it worked well in English and everyone keeping their accents, made it more "regional" great film highly recommend it.

[@benscrivener2238]

I agree, the Soviet top brass was made up of characters from all corners of the Eastern bloc, so they probably did have regional accents to some extent!

[@prebenjaeger]

@@benscrivener2238 to some extent? They came from different countries lol.

[@LeeRenthlei]

Yeah History Buffs mentioned that too 😁

[@MyenaVT]

Benj Smith Productions the Soviet Union was made up of multiple countries with very diverse ethnic groups Russia was just the largest piece.

[@alexanderenrique3058]

@@Heath580 So was the United Kingdom, or at least that's how the Scots and Welsh would like to think of it.

[@scrainbow1234]

“This is unauthorized narcissism” 😂

[@harkonnen1879]

Everyone knows the USSR allowed only licensed narcissists

[@ln7929]

@@harkonnen1879 a permit is also expectable

[@IbnShahid]

I laughed at this line, but was later told by a friend that hardcore, doctrinaire Marxists really did use terminology like that. “Bourgeois sentimentality” being another example.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@IbnShahid I knew "burgeois sentimentality".

[@elarmino6590]

@@IbnShahid Intense

[@drparnassus2867]

Joseph Stalin being a cockney may well be the best thing about this film.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

What took you so long? Ya f*ckin walk here? XD

[@squamish4244]

His 'lowlife thug/gangster' accent suits who he was.

[@drparnassus2867]

On a serious note, the USSR was made up of loads of regions some of which are now independent (to various degrees), and in the movie Vassili Stalin tries to make a speech at his dad's funeral reflecting that, so the different accents make sense. Georgy Zhukov being from Yorkshire is pretty cool as well.

[@squamish4244]

The Cockney stereotype suits the character. Stalin was from a working-class urban background but had some education and was not a peasant. He was also a gang leader in his youth. The mix of accents reflects what Stalin's inner circle would have actually sounded like to each other's ears, as well as being hilarious.

[@Xyzabc998]

The Russian media praised the film for not trying to use fake Russian accents as most Merican films do.

[@NxDoyle]

Even in this _one minute_ of film, there is a palpable sense of fear, one smooth exhalation that evenly and perfectly inflates the balloon, and in a gorgeous moment of bathos, Stalin pops it.

[@liamhagan4546]

This sums up the film perfectly

[@Useaname]

Pathos, begorra

[@thetooginator153]

@@Useaname - Bathos is correct. Bathos means an emotional release by a change of mood - usually from serious to lighthearted/comedic. Pathos is a quality that evokes pity of sadness. I thought he meant pathos at first, but I checked out bathos.

[@iskenderaknc7460]

You made me look up what bathos is and i am grateful for it. As a non native English speaker it feels good to learn such words.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

@@iskenderaknc7460 If it’s any consolation, I’m pretty sure bathos is Greek in origin. : P

[@nickarteaga175]

This is based on something that really happened. The concert pianist Maria Yudina really wrote a scathing note to Stalin but she did it some 9 or so years before his death and he surprisingly didn't execute her. The re-recording of this exact piano concerto (Mozart 23rd) also happened pretty much like this.

[@EdwardBast]

I think the whole note thing is a myth. That alleged incident was modeled on a scene from Pushkin's play Boris Godunov or the Mussorgsky opera based on it. In the scene a mentally ill man accuses Ivan the Terrible of murder and refuses to pray for the czar when Ivan asks him to do so. The madman was spared because the mad were considered blessed by God and untouchable.

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

@@EdwardBast In Stalin's case, it was Stalin himself who sent Maria Yudina a gift of many Roubles, as he was impressed by her Piano Talent. She however donated the money to Church and instead wrote a letter to Stalin, in which she desired to pray for Stalin and asked the Lord to Forgive him. Stalin, for some reason, was impressed and hence spared her.

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

As for the Concert recording, in the actual event, two of the conductors were drunk and hence had to be replaced. The real challenge was in creating the exact circumstances like the earlier Concert, so as to decieve Stalin. Had Stalin noticed the difference then the entire Group would've been Shot.

[@aniketbiswas7660]

@@ruturajshiralkar5566 She was apparently his favorite Pianist I think that is why she was let off.

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

@@aniketbiswas7660 Yes.

[@importantname]

Stalin learned that burying you enemies is the best way to deal with enemies. Because early in life his enemies did not bother to bury him.

[@TeamMemberNumberEight]

If you mess with Stalin... He'll Beria.

[@thehedgehogsdilemma9478]

@@TeamMemberNumberEight 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 THAT’S BRILLIANT! I CRACKED UP WHEN I READ THAT!!! 😂

[@JiTiAr35]

The problem was Stalin could've buried his friends instead of his enemies simply because of suspicious.

[@madkilla707]

But He was Buried for all eternity beyond hell

[@dans9463]

@@JiTiAr35 And he had msmy of his top military leaders murdered before war with germany. This left a void.

[@FALL-LAFF-7477]

How the suspense build-up from this clip is arguably great ! And suddenly, Stalin Pops up with funny dictatorial cockery and made this clip 59 % funnier..

[@matthewriley7826]

That guy looked scared at the end. Even the NKVD wasn’t immune from Stalin’s brutality.

[@DavidL1986]

everyone was a potential enemy

[@Warmaker01]

Former head of the NKVD Yezhov was killed under Stalin's orders. In the past, Yezhov was ordered by Stalin to kill off a lot of people, to include a bunch of other Bolsheviks that helped in Stalin's rise to power. Because Yezhov knew too much, Stalin had him secretly executed. The dude did everything Stalin ordered, no matter how distasteful, and he still got off'ed. Nobody was safe. Anyways, the guy at the end of the clip being able to walk away from an irate Stalin and not face an execution? That's a win for the man.

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

@@Warmaker01 You forgot Yezhov's Predecessor Genrikh Yagoda (Jewish Mass-murderer). He was involved in the Trials of Nikolai Bukharin, Lev Kamanev and Grigori Zinoviev. He was responsible for the deaths of est 30k ppl and the establishment of Gulag Camps. Stalin, in the end, found Yagoda "too soft" and had him tried and executed by his own eventual Successor (Nikolai Yezhov). The only NKVD chief who survived the Purge was Laverentiy Beria (who was know to brown-nose Stalin at every opportunity). Beria was initially supposed to be executed but he managed to begg Stalin, who simply replaced his name with that of his boss Yezhov (who ironically wanted to eliminate Beria). Both Yagoda and Yezhov were responsible for over 1Mn Arrests and Deaths from period of 1936 to 1938. But the reasons as to why both the NKVD chiefs were executed were rather lame; for eg: - Yagoda was primarily accused of hoarding an illegal porn collection while Yezhov was accused of being Drunk on Duty.

[@stoggafllik]

@@ajaysidhu471 >Autistic commie LARPer

[@ajaysidhu471]

@@stoggafllik you are a communist

[@kursk_kuku141]

Students turning in their final essays to any very strict eng professor at any college/university in a nutshell...

[@nikosfilipino]

Im watching this clip as a way to procrastinate from doing my douchey english professor's assignments.

[@marmarloneg3233]

haha. markman!

[@SteventheOrigin]

@@nikosfilipino did you pass his class?

[@calypsohandjack9278]

Considering 100% of professors are communists you're not that far off.

[@ElysiumNZ]

Ahh the British accents is what makes this movie so good.

[@liamailiam]

What about the American ones?

[@JiTiAr35]

British commies? Yes sir.

[@akizeta]

@@liamailiam I think there's only Steve Buscemi who's American?

[@prebenjaeger]

​@@akizeta Tambor as well

[@akizeta]

@@prebenjaeger Oh, yes, of course. What accent does he have, in the American spectrum?

[@NormAppleton]

"unauthorized narcissism" Two words

[@RestingBookFace]

Poor Viserys I can’t get a break

[@wubbadubda2291]

"We should get a doctor" "Yes. If only we hadn't put away all those highly competent doctors for treason"

[@jdmaine51084]

The guy who plays Stalin in this... they could not possibly have picked a better actor. This movie was so good, so underrated. Definitely a 10/10 movie.

[@Billzor991]

That NKVD Officer was Lightoller from Titanic!

[@earthspace8666]

I noticed that

[@scrainbow1234]

Oh my god, I knew I knew him from somewhere and it was driving me CRAZY. Thank you! Great catch.

[@arumsaris6329]

As soon as i saw his jawline i straight up yelled "That's Lightoller!!" lol my titanic obsessed ass is waking up.

[@liquid6901]

It's been driving me nuts!

[@turmuthoer]

Yeah, he's called Jonathan Philips (usually credited in his films as 'Jonny' Philips). My dad went to school with him.

[@truthdog2192]

I would like to see all historical films redone with Irish actors

[@drparnassus2867]

If Richard Harris can play Cromwell, why not?

[@chumptown259]

Irish?

[@Wanderer628]

TRUTH DOG Why? Because it's a British film? Are you that petty?

[@GutsLikesItInTheAss]

Irish Genghis Khan please.

[@andrewmurray1084]

I think you'll find he's a "British" actor. *With a conspicuously 'Cockney' accent *

[@squamish4244]

Her note was actually a criticism of Stalin and would have gotten her killed except that he had a stroke that very night XD

[@chaosfive55]

I read that the recording/note incident took place in 1943, Stalin read her note and basically shrugged it off; some talented artists had a charmed life in Stalin's Russia.

[@squamish4244]

Well, certainly the movie switches certain things around for comedic effect. The overall sentiment is true; his death saved countless lives, often people who would have been killed within days or weeks such as, famously, Molotov. And Stalin could be very unpredictable in his paranoia. He protected Bulgakov, who was a known critic of Stalinism, while others who were guilty of nothing disappeared.

[@KingKhanate1997]

I heard Stalin was actually rather bemused with the letter, and impressed with the stones on the lady for sending it to him.

[@pyromania1018]

@@tx-ur4qw Yeah. He sent her money and a letter praising her talents, and she responded by (a) donating the money to her church and (b) sending a letter that wasn't nearly as provocative, but still ballsy. Stalin's inner circle wanted to have her shot in response, but Stalin shrugged it off.

[@achintyanaithani889]

Nah, that was in 1943. Stalin was a garden variety genocidal tyrant back then, not the Caligula he became later once he could get away with it.

[@satan899]

My favorite part of the whole opera scene was when the conductor heard pounding at his door waking him up and when he looks out the window, he sees the nkvd is taking people in his apartment complex away. He thinks him and his wife are potentially getting arrested and he says goodbye to his wife thinking he or his wife was about to be sent to the gulag but when he opens the door, it’s a person from the concert smiling and politely saying they need him to conduct a concert. I could only imagine the relief and confusion he must have been feeling once he opened the door. 😂

[@riotergr1]

Imagine how terrible Stalin was, that even Viserys Targaryen was terrified of him.

[@AnnaMarianne]

Thanks for pointing it out, I didn't recognize him at all, but now it's obvious.

[@thishonestgrifter]

Ight imma start a metal band called "Unauthorized Narcissism" who's with me?

[@Holuunderbeere]

Good idea

[@melkor0626]

Sign me in!

[@stvdagger8074]

Only as long as it is all about me.

[@neko-chan1513]

Sign me in I'm for you bro!

[@bigskywalka6176]

Everybody joking about Viserys, but if you think about it, its a Game of Thrones story

[@patrickstewart3446]

And just like GoT the guy who ultimately won wasn’t even in the running until the very end (not Khrushchev)

[@sld1776]

The previous scene "Even Stalin?" was one of the best in the film.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Poor man. He could not get a break.

[@menevetsny]

The whole opening scene is a masterpiece.

[@kursk_kuku141]

Me finishing and turning in my essay to my College Prof one min late* Eng Prof: “WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? YOU FUKING WALK HERE?” Me: “Uh...” Slam* Me: WHOO!....

[@starrynight6268]

Comrade Viserys

[@plody2974]

“What took you so long? You Fucking walk ya” Joseph Stalin from The Death Of Stalin.

[@66Flux]

The disk would have got broken at 0:36 if they had used a disk actually from the early 50's.

[@krashd]

Yeah, it was more acrylic than vinyl back then I think, very brittle when bent.

[@stephenburnage7687]

USSR plastics were superior to inferior western plastics of that period. I read that in Pravda so it must be true.

[@krashd]

@@stephenburnage7687 It's true, the plastic polymer used in stadium seating is called Stalinium, that's why they are impossible to break.

[@josephstalin7353]

@@stephenburnage7687 Only "superior"? Rather than saying "Completely outclassed in every way"? GUARDS!!!

[@mremu4358]

@@josephstalin7353 Mr Hemorrhage: not so fast buckaroo

[@howardsix9708]

what took you so long. ????.....always cracks me up...............

[@pedrosanchez-br4br]

Viserys Taergaeryan sending comands to stalin

[@ameenurrehman3750]

1:13 me to the pizza delivery guy

[@Perririri]

Cheesus Crust!

[@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968]

is that Viserys?!?!?

[@nicholasparker2086]

Unauthorized narcissism

[@KesselRunner606]

I swear, this movie gets better, funnier and scarier, the more times you watch it.

[@prebenjaeger]

THE DELAY HAS BEEN LOGGED

[@gayan2517]

Time from when he called or time from the call ended? 😅

[@nicholasfoster716]

He has a very deep and amazing voice

[@mt.shasta6097]

@@nicholasfoster716 Product of actor's natural voice enhanced by RADA training. He's a fine performer.

[@stonedstakegaming5458]

Stalin opening the door killed me🤣

[@aldosigmann419]

"..unauthorized narcissism.." love it - am gonna fit that into a future insult somehow!

[@Spetsnaz0o1]

Pretty sure the NKVD officer is the same actor who played Lt.Charles Lightholler in the titanic film

[@josephstalin6549]

The delay has been logged.

[@Perririri]

And the orders to send to _Gulag!_

[@62Cristoforo]

A world where even a brute of a guard, a toady, is himself eventually brutalized, by those higher up

[@metningsniva3856]

THAT'S UNAUTHORIZED NARCISSISM !

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

"What took you so long ya f***in walk here?" LMAO

[@gordonferrar7782]

Olga Kurylenko is one of the most beautiful women I've ever set my eyes on. Wow.

[@robinblankenship9234]

The records of that time period were made of a material that was NOT that pliable and the record would probably have broken had it been handled as indicated in this film.

[@stvdagger8074]

In Soviet Russia, records are made of Stalinium, a superior material than inferior western records used to record decadent bourgeois music. It will stop shell from Tiger tank and can be used as replacement tire on trucks up to 4 tons weight.

[@iwogajda5253]

"He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice..." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; partial record 1146)

[@stvdagger8074]

"If you want justice, you've come to the wrong place." --- Tyrion Lannister.

[@skaterpulse6746]

1:12 When your package arrives while the Royal Mail is on strike

[@ClassicRollPlayer]

And now he is.....was.... a king. Long live HOUSE STARK!!!!

[@maldarchives7995]

unauthorized narcissism

[@thomassherwood5061]

I love these accents

[@MM22966]

The elegant music, the poignant trip through Cold War Moscow, the shined boots and perfectly turned out uniforms. The door opens and "...What took you so long, ya fuckin' walk here?" I am rolling. :()

[@janeathome6643]

I wish they kept all the parts of this scene, especially him telling everyone to get their asses in the seats. The whole sequence is brilliant and hilarious and terrifying.

[@nerdimmunity7672]

"Unauthorised narcism"

[@gundabalf]

king Viserys, the early years

[@Freddie1980]

Whilst Adrian McLoughlin doesn't sound remotely Russian him using a very working class English accent is a true to life nod to Stalin's own working class roots

[@stvdagger8074]

Stalin spoke Russian with a Georgian accent.

[@AbdullahKhan-sm1er]

What is King Viserys I doing here?

[@L_U-K_E]

"what took you so long, did you fucking walk here?" lmao

[@Caesar88888]

in real life Stalin was polite with everyone even those he was going to kill.

[@Fuerto203]

...what?

Уроки истории. The Lessons of History ... google translate?

[@equarg]

Caesar88888 Yea........I doubt that.😅

[@hackerman7835]

Absolutely not. He wasn't polite even to Mao and made him wait to make a point

[@Caesar88888]

@@hackerman7835 I mean he didnt use swear words and didnt shout. but he was dominant of course.

[@dillonwearssa7401]

This clip managed to show me everything but what I actually wanted to see

[@simonmoran5968]

I wanted to see the movie but it’s not even in theaters it said that it would come out in the 20th 🤔🤔🤔🤔❓❓❓❓

[@kursk_kuku141]

Simon Moran Same... got confused as well. I’ve been researching every theatre in LA, but there’s no show time.

[@simonmoran5968]

kenns kuku I guess they don’t really care about this movie or maybe Hollywood already had movies scheduled for the 20th but they’ll try to release it in another time will see what happens ❓❓❓❓🤔🤔🤔🤔😑😑😑😑😓😓😓😓

[@kursk_kuku141]

Simon Moran You know... ALL OF YOU... can kiss MY RUSSIAN ASS!

[@simonmoran5968]

kenns kuku SHOULD WE INVESTIGATE......SHOULD YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP BEFORE YOU GET US BOTH KILLED 😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

[@CJ-fz9fq]

It has only been released in Europe. It won't be released in the US until March 2018.

[@A.A_xv]

"what took you so long you fucking walk here?" LMAOO

[@jonnnyren6245]

0:03 bloody hell it's Sherlock's protege Wiggins!!!

[@rodlevi5925]

A Targaryen king

[@laimolaphonglo4544]

My teacher when I am the last one to submit my project 1:13

[@arthurconan1899]

A Modern Classic.... All Round Genius....

[@CaptainAhab117]

She is one of the few actors in this movie that was actually born in the USSR.

[@iwogajda5253]

"Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy!!!"

[@Railhog2102]

I WISH TO CONVEY THIS RECORDING TO COMMRADE STALIN

[@rajivmurkejee7498]

They don't make leaders like that anymore

[@MrZakatista]

"This is unauthorized narcissism...." hahaha

[@CodeineRadick]

The overall moral of this movie... The soviet union was run by smirking teenagers on a power trip.

[@craignedoff991]

This film actually under reports history. 2 of 3 replacement conductors were too drunk to function. And the pianist did slip a note to Stalin, calling out his sins against humanity.

[@pyromania1018]

Ladies and gentlemen, this guy is going to play a Targaryen king.

[@JoSheperd]

And he nailed it.

[@J3llyf12hy]

Paddy!

[@khalidalali186]

God Slavic women are gorgeous as hell.

[@ShoterOTP]

I must say Im sad for Stalin, old paranoid lonely guy. Power corrupts. If I had a moment of realization I would resignate from such position of power.

[@ey7290]

You feel sorry for someone who systematically exterminated 40 million people?

[@ShoterOTP]

@@ey7290 I feel sorry for a man that got corrupted and blinded by position of power.

[@ey7290]

@@ShoterOTP The same man that killed 10 million Ukrainians and 5 million rural Russians through systematic starvation and mass executions

[@ericscottstevens]

0:02 Fiore the angel from Preacher, this appearance explains everything.

[@kurzackd]

this is the only live appearance of Stalin in the entire film, correct?

[@noahklinger7083]

Absolutely not

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

No there are several ones b4 this scene. He is shown signing Death Lists, Having Dinner with Beria, Khrushchev, Kaganovich etc.

[@hoodoo2001]

Great satire but darned if it doesn't seem to resonate today in 2020... another Stalin in the Kremlin, maybe be worse in the long run.

[@jarnodatema]

They were all lucky that record didn't break

[@jasonsan6708]

I sometimes think that this film may have had some sort of personal things with Olga Kurylenko considering she is Ukrainian and u know the...holodomor.

[@Cjnw]

#Голодомар

[@mayjailer3802]

Uh she has stated that she if half Russian and half half belarusian so she is not actually ukranian 🤣

[@jasonsan6708]

@@mayjailer3802 oops my bad

[@Georgieastra]

The guys who carried out the holdomor were slaughtered by Yagoda and his death squads in 1936. Then Yagoda and his men were annihilated by Yezhov and his teams of executioners. Then Yezhov and his crew were shot by Beria and his gang in 1940.

[@servantprince]

now that is soldiering...

[@ddggfcff]

Bro is just walking in and then acting like they are to blame for the delay

[@JohnSmith-zf1lq]

What's the music that plays?

[@vwukben]

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23

[@maavet2351]

Some people think that them speaking english with a british accent is wrong but wouldn't be able to sit through this movie if everyone spoke with a russian accent

[@JohnSmith-zf1lq]

SONG NAME?

[@user-tf5lg7fc9s]

Press F to spit

[@drmartin5062]

this is unauthorized narcissism...!!!

[@matthewmangold3293]

1:14 When Domino’s takes an hour to deliver my pizza.

[@Perririri]

Or Pizza Hut

[@mnegline1971]

this is the world today

[@qwertymicron775]

Qwerty was here

[@marshmallowbudgie]

0:02 more like "shouldn't we chekist?"

[@stevefleischer4253]

Who is the actor who says "Shouldn't we check it?" to Paddy Considine?

[@ruamil]

Tom Brooke

[@stevefleischer4253]

Ah yes! Thank you very much!

[@notracistatall]

Hey, what happens when he reads the note, eh? Da daa daaaaaa

[@bigmagnum999]

Whats the breed of the old doctor's grey dog in the park?

[@joshuahoover6841]

I think it was a type of wolfhound.

[@konstantinkanev6287]

This is not about Russia, this is about England

[@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese]

Russia no longer existed. This is the godless soviet union

[@undertaker3134]

Amazing film.

[@feuccj5542]

Unauthorized narcissism 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@iwogajda5253]

"Oh Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You!!!"

[@uncommon_name9337]

?

[@xiaohui5186]

Always great when government turns into cult of personality.

[@cedricliggins7528]

That actress is beautiful !!!

[@CynicalBastard511]

Olga Kurylenko. She played a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace.

[@krashd]

And I believe she got her breasticles out in the movie Hitman.