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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

The faces are the most intriguing thing. Loznitsa gives us a montage of inscrutability and repressed anxiety.

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Critic Ed Gibbs
rated 8

This captivating time capsule of the Soviet Union circa 1953 is a staggering feat of archive documentary.

Read full review at Little White Lies

Cast & Crew

Sergei Loznitsa
Director
Joseph Stalin
As Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
As Self (archive footage)
Vyacheslav Molotov
As Self (archive footage)
Urho Kekkonen
As Self (archive footage)
Zhou Enlai
As Self (archive footage)
Jacques Duclos
As Self (archive footage)

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State Funeral offers a glimpse into the shrouded-in-secrecy funeral of Joseph Stalin. Shot using unique and previously unseen archive footage, the documentary film revels in the grand spectacle of the tyrannical leader's funeral procession. Filmed across four days in Moscow, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, and other major Soviet cities, this documentary showcases the enigmatic personality cult surrounding Stalin's death. Director Sergei Loznitsa carefully curates the footage to capture the eerie atmosphere, as the Soviet Union mournfully says goodbye to its leader in a series of surreal and unsettling events.

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