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!"

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Cast

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