State Funeral
7.2
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
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Cast
24 people
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
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Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
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Sergei Loznitsa
Maria Choustova
Vladimir Golovnitsky
Lavrentiy Beria
Self (archive footage)
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Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Danielius Kokanauskis
Vyacheslav Molotov
Self (archive footage)
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Georgi Malenkov
Self (archive footage)
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Jakub Viktorín
Klement Gottwald
Self (archive footage)
Sergei Loznitsa Director · Danielius Kokanauskis Editor
Worldwide gross $23K · United States release September 28, 2019 · Produced in Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$23,024
Production
Atoms & Void
Production
Studio Uljana Kim
Production
Nutprdukce
Production
Current Time TV
Production
Lithuania · Netherlands · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Государственные похороны
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 2019
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · September 28, 2019
Premiere · New York Film Festival
Lithuania · October 22, 2019
Theatrical
Brazil
December 13, 2019 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
September 13, 2019 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
January 6, 2020 · Theatrical
April 18, 2020 · TV · ARTE
Israel
September 7, 2020 · Digital · Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival
Japan
November 14, 2020 · Digital
Russia
December 12, 2019 · Premiere · Art Doc Fest
March 5, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 28, 2020 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
United Kingdom
March 1, 2020 · Premiere · Glasgow Film Festival
May 21, 2021 · Limited theatrical
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