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|2017 (UK and Toronto)<br  />2018 (America and France)

|2017 (UK and Toronto)<br  />2018 (America and France)

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|Although largely a black comedy, the movie nonetheless accurately shows the horrific events of the Soviet Union under Stalin's totalitarian rule and the events after his death, as well as the innately cowardly and treacherous nature of the Soviet Politburo (see [[Atheism and cowardice]] as well as [[Atheism and Mass Murder]]). The director of the film, Armando Iannucci, admits that a large part of the reason he made the film was partly because of how Stalin was still revered in Russia to the extent that the Russian hotel he stayed at had a portrait of Stalin up, while pointing out that no one would dare do the same regarding Hitler in similar situations.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/armando-iannucci-death-of-stalin-trumps-funeral-w517602</ref> As if reinforcing this, the movie also ended up banned in Russia at the order of [[Vladimir Putin]].

|Although largely a satirical black comedy, the movie nonetheless accurately shows the horrific events of the Soviet Union under Stalin's totalitarian rule and the events after his death, as well as the innately cowardly and treacherous nature of the Soviet Politburo (see [[Atheism and cowardice]] as well as [[Atheism and Mass Murder]]). The director of the film, Armando Iannucci, admits that a large part of the reason he made the film was partly because of how Stalin was still revered in Russia to the extent that the Russian hotel he stayed at had a portrait of Stalin up, while pointing out that no one would dare do the same regarding Hitler in similar situations.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/armando-iannucci-death-of-stalin-trumps-funeral-w517602</ref> As if reinforcing this, the movie also ended up banned in Russia at the order of [[Vladimir Putin]].

|$15.7 million

|$15.7 million

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