"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."
Joseph Stalin
as Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Lavrentiy Beria
Vyacheslav Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Klement Gottwald
Bolesław Bierut
Urho Kekkonen
Zhou Enlai
Valko Chervenkov
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Mátyás Rákosi
Otto Grotewohl
Walter Ulbricht
Harry Pollitt
Dolores Ibárruri
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Palmiro Togliatti
Jacques Duclos
Claudiu Doaga
Colorist
Ivo Heger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vladilen Vierny
Researcher
Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Co-Producer
Jakub Viktorín
Sebastian Plamadeala
Online Editor
Sergei Loznitsa
Screenplay
Director
Danielius Kokanauskis
Editor
Maria Choustova
Producer
Vladimir Golovnitsky
Sound Designer