Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies enter a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. The dweeby Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev, and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria bumble and backstab their way to the top.

Armando Ianucci, the brilliant comic mind behind The Thick of It, turns to the tyranny of Stalinism for this profoundly funny, absurdist romp. With its all-star cast and a masterful control of tone, The Death of Stalin is a breakneck farce and the only rightful heir to Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.