Poking fun at the regime of fear created by one of the fiercest Dictatorships in world history.
As a Russian history buff with a degree in Political Science, I really enjoyed the dark and dry humour that writer and director Armando Lannucci pulled out of the political turmoil of the USSR following the death of Stalin.
In the spirit of classic political comedies like 'Dr. Strange Love', the movie does a great job of toying with the absurdness of the rumored treachery that Stalin evoked on his empire. While he did industrialize the nation and help defeat the Nazis during WW2, he is also said to have sent millions of people to their deaths via execution or prison camps known…