Too bad most of the cast doesn't look Russian..

I'm always impressed by Iannucci's work, and this looks like it's very much in his wheelhouse, even though he's presumably only adapting from source material. Powerful people expressing their hypocrisy, vanity and incompetence is his speciality.

It looks like a good movie. And, for once, Buscemi will win in the end (without being axed or having a heart attack while fighting nihilists)...!

 

graphic novel:

 

http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/The-Death-Of-Stalin/Issue-1?id=73148