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State Funeral( 2019)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joseph Stalin

      Self (archive footage)

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      Nikita Khrushchev

      Self (archive footage)

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      Lavrentiy Beria

      Self (archive footage)

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      Vyacheslav Molotov

      Self (archive footage)

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      Georgi Malenkov

      Self (archive footage)

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      Klement Gottwald

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bolesław Bierut

      Self (archive footage)

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      Urho Kekkonen

      Self (archive footage)

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      Zhou Enlai

      Self (archive footage)

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      Valko Chervenkov

      Self (archive footage)

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      Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mátyás Rákosi

      Self (archive footage)

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      Otto Grotewohl

      Self (archive footage)

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      Walter Ulbricht

      Self (archive footage)

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      Harry Pollitt

      Self (archive footage)

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      Dolores Ibárruri

      Self (archive footage)

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      Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal

      Self (archive footage)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jul 29 2024
    I wasn't sure whether I wanted a narrator or not here, as we follow the activities of the days immediately following the death of Joseph Stalin in March 1953. A commentary might have helped me appreciate just who was whom as a procession of dignitaries from home and abroad, but the lack of that and the reliance on the public address announcements did work really effectively at illustrating the esteem in which this man was held - or, certainly, the esteem in which the Communist party wanted him to be held. What we see for the next two hours is an astonishing testament of the archivists arts as b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • tradition
    • political history