Red Monarch (1983)
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
Casting
- Colin Blakely — Stalin
- David Suchet — Beria
- Carroll Baker — Ellen Brown
- Ian Hogg — Shaposhnikov
- David Kelly — Sergo
- Jean Heywood — Sopha
- David Threlfall — Vasily
- Lee Montague — Lee
- Glynn Edwards — Vlasek
- Nigel Stock — Molotov
- Brian Glover — Nikita Krushchev
- Wensley Pithey — Voroshilov
Interesting facts
Red Monarch is a 1983 British television film, starring Colin Blakely as Joseph Stalin. It is directed by Jack Gold and features David Suchet as Lavrentiy Beria and David Threlfall as Stalin's son Vasily.
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