The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
A Real-Life Drama
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
- Date of release
- 1958-09-25
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
- Director
- Delbert Mann
Casting
- Melvyn Douglas — Stalin
- Eli Wallach — Poskrebyshev
- Oskar Homolka — Khrushchev
- E.G. Marshall — Beria
- Luther Adler — Molotov
- Thomas Gomez — Malenkov
- Marian Seldes — Mme. Molotov
- Lawrence Dobkin — Shtemenko
- Bert Freed — Sokolovsky
- David J. Stewart — Ignatiev
- Paul Bryar — Zhukhov
- Paul Lambert — Rassine
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