State Funeral (2019)
October 22, 2019
Documentary, History
2h 15m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Self (archive footage) Joseph Stalin
- Self (archive footage) Nikita Khrushchev
- Self (archive footage) Lavrentiy Beria
- Self (archive footage) Vyacheslav Molotov
- Self (archive footage) Georgi Malenkov
- Self (archive footage) Klement Gottwald
- Self (archive footage) Bolesław Bierut
- Self (archive footage) Urho Kekkonen
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Keywords
- tradition
- political history