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The Plot to Kill Stalin

THE PLOT TO KILL STALIN

Playhouse 90: The Plot to Kill Stalin

Directed by Delbert Mann
United States, 1958
Drama, TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.