The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
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.
- Released
- 1958-09-25
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Delbert Mann
Cast
- Melvyn Douglas as Stalin
- Eli Wallach as Poskrebyshev
- Oskar Homolka as Khrushchev
- E.G. Marshall as Beria
- Luther Adler as Molotov
- Thomas Gomez as Malenkov
- Marian Seldes as Mme. Molotov
- Lawrence Dobkin as Shtemenko
- Bert Freed as Sokolovsky
- David J. Stewart as Ignatiev
- Paul Bryar as Zhukhov
- Paul Lambert as Rassine