The Death of Stalin

After Joseph Stalin met his sticky end, an intense power struggle erupted among the members of the politburo.

In his controversial political satire, British director Armando Iannucci blends all kinds of humour, from Marx Brothers-style one-liners to surrealism, a Michael Palin in Monty Python mode, and dark absurdism.

A few times, the viewer will get Siberian chills: whenever it becomes clear that this apparently hilarious climate of fear and paranoia was actually deadly serious.