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The Plot to Kill Stalin

  • 1958
  • 1h 19m

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.

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Melvyn DouglasStalin
  • Eli WallachPoskrebyshev
  • Oskar HomolkaKhrushchev
  • E.G. MarshallBeria
  • Luther AdlerMolotov
  • Thomas GomezMalenkov
  • Marian SeldesMme. Molotov
  • Lawrence DobkinShtemenko

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