Stalin's Funeral

Stalin's Funeral (1990)

Похороны Сталина

1953 year. Moscow says goodbye to the leader. In the funeral crowd, Eugene met with Elya. During the long hours spent in the funeral procession, they managed to learn a lot about each other ... But Elia absurdly dies. So Zhenya begins another, adult life ...

Date of release
1990-04-21
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Russia

Stalin's Funeral is a 1990 Soviet drama film written and directed by Yevgeni Yevtushenko. The film stars British actress Vanessa Redgrave.

Production

Yevtushenko's was more critical of Joseph Stalin's crimes by the time of production and he also sought to emphasise his generation's rejection of Stalinism; "If one is to speak about Stalinism, then we are still digging down to the roots of the poisonous tree of totalitarianism, of which Stalin was the gardener.

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