"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
Ivo Heger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vladilen Vierny
Researcher
Jakub Viktorín
Co-Producer
Claudiu Doaga
Colorist
Sebastian Plamadeala
Online Editor
Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Sergei Loznitsa
Screenplay
Director
Producer
Maria Choustova
Danielius Kokanauskis
Editor
Vladimir Golovnitsky
Sound Designer