The Death of Stalin Some people were sad and showed it, some others – were happy and hid it. March 5 th , 1953, very late evening, small village close to Moscow. Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili was announced dead. Few hours later the news is spread by radios around the world. And in the Soviet capital begins a frantic power struggle. Who will win it? How it will happen? And for what price? This you can watch in a black comedy by Armando Iannucci. The Death of Stalin - Official Trailer Who was Joseph Stalin, the most frightening Soviet leader? His son Vasily says in the movie: “My father was a great social scientist, but we the people of the Soviet Union are not laboratory animals”. A big part of the history shown in a Monthy Pythonesque way. Maria&Paul Fot. Wikipedia.org