The Plot to Kill Stalin

A Real-Life Drama

The Plot to Kill Stalin

movie19581h 19mReleased

Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance War

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.

Cast

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Stalin

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Poskrebyshev

Oskar Homolka

Oskar Homolka

Khrushchev

E.G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall

Beria

Luther Adler

Luther Adler

Molotov

Thomas Gomez

Thomas Gomez

Malenkov

Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

Mme. Molotov

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Shtemenko

Bert Freed

Bert Freed

Sokolovsky

David J. Stewart

David J. Stewart

Ignatiev

Paul Bryar

Paul Bryar

Zhukhov

Paul Lambert

Paul Lambert

Rassine