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'''''The Death of Stalin''''' is a 2017 satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, In the Loop, Veep) and based on the French graphic novel ''La mort de Staline''. Set in | '''''The Death of Stalin''''' is a 2017 satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci (''The Thick of It'', ''In the Loop'', ''Veep'') and based on the French graphic novel ''La mort de Staline''. Set in the Soviet Union in 1953, the film depicts the power struggle following the death of Joseph Stalin. | ||
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{{Film Title|The Death of Stalin}} | |||
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=Sidearms= | =Sidearms= | ||
==Tokarev TT-33== | ==Tokarev TT-33== | ||
The [[ | The [[Tokarev TT-33]] is used by officers of the Red Army and NKVD. Vasily Stalin ([[Rupert Friend]]) carries a TT-33 with silver grips. | ||
[[File:TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips]] | [[File:TT-33.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips]] | ||
[[File:DOS Vasily TT33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Vasily Stalin ([[Rupert Friend]]) fires his TT-33 in an attempt to stop his | [[File:DOS Vasily TT33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Vasily Stalin ([[Rupert Friend]]) fires his TT-33 in an attempt to stop his father's autopsy.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Vasily TT33 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the pistol.]] | [[File:DOS Vasily TT33 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the pistol.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Vasily TT33 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The confiscated pistol tucked into | [[File:DOS Vasily TT33 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The confiscated pistol tucked into Tarasov's ([[Richard Brake]]) waistband. Note the silver grips.]] | ||
[[File:DOS NKVD TT33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NKVD officer with several Stalin look-alikes.]] | [[File:DOS NKVD TT33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NKVD officer with several Stalin look-alikes.]] | ||
[[File:DOS NKVD TT33 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NKVD officer barking orders.]] | [[File:DOS NKVD TT33 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The NKVD officer barking orders.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Army TT33.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[File:DOS Army TT33.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Generals Moskalenko (Luke D'Silva) and Brezhnev (Gerald Lepkowski) hand over their sidearms to NKVD officer Aslanov (Ewan Bailey).]] | ||
[[File:DOS Army TT33 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Red Army officer shoots | [[File:DOS Army TT33 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Red Army officer shoots NKVD Officer Kobulov while the latter attempts to hide during the coup.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Army TT33 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Red Army officer executes Beria with a Tokarev TT-33. Another can be seen in the bottom left.]] | [[File:DOS Army TT33 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Red Army officer executes Beria with a Tokarev TT-33. Another can be seen in the bottom left.<br>'''N.B.''' Historically, Beria was shot by Colonel-General Pavel Batitsky; six other NKVD officers were tried and executed at the same time, but shot by firing squad, separately from Beria.]] | ||
=Submachine Guns= | =Submachine Guns= | ||
==PPSh-41== | ==PPSh-41== | ||
The [[PPSh-41]] is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the | The [[PPSh-41]] is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPSh-41s in the movie have 71-round drum magazines. | ||
[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | [[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] | ||
[[File:DOS NKVD PPSH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Guard at the NKVD headquarters with a PPSh-41 slung.]] | [[File:DOS NKVD PPSH.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Guard at the NKVD headquarters with a PPSh-41 slung.]] | ||
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==AK-47== | ==AK-47== | ||
The [[AK-47#AK-47|AK-47]] is used by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov ([[Jason Isaacs]]) (incorrectly referred to as Field Marshal in the movie) and other Red Army officers and soldiers during the coup against Beria. One of Stalin's guards carries an AK-47. | The [[AK-47#AK-47|AK-47]] is used by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov ([[Jason Isaacs]]) (incorrectly referred to as Field Marshal in the movie) and other Red Army officers and soldiers during the coup against Beria. One of Stalin's guards carries an AK-47. | ||
[[File: | [[File:Ak 54.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type III AK-47 with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[File:DOS Guard AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at Stalin's dacha with an AK-47.]] | [[File:DOS Guard AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at Stalin's dacha with an AK-47.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Zhukov AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|" | [[File:DOS Zhukov AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"All right, boys, meet your dates for tonight."''<br>Georgy Zhukov ([[Jason Isaacs]]) opens up his overcoat to reveal two AKs.<br>'''N.B.''' Historically, General Moskalenko, not Zhukov, snuck a gun into the Kremlin to arrest Beria, while Zhukov was barred from carrying a weapon.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Army AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"I'll take the tall blonde".]] | [[File:DOS Army AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"I'll take the tall blonde"''.<br>Leonid Brezhnev (Gerald Lepkowski) selects one of the rifles.<br>'''N.B.''' Although Brezhnev was a major general in the Red Army at the end of World War II, he had been a civilian since 1946.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zhukov leads the coup.]] | [[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Hands up or I'll shoot you in the fucking face!"''<br>Zhukov leads the coup.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zhukov hands his AK to a Red Army soldier so he can give Beria a well-deserved punch.]] | [[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zhukov hands his AK to a Red Army soldier so he can give Beria a well-deserved punch.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zhukov on guard with an AK-47.]] | [[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Fuck me, Georgy's eyes really do follow you around the crapper."''<br>Zhukov, on guard, with an AK-47, remarks on the portrait of Secretary Malenkov ([[Jeffrey Tambor]]) mounted on the lavatory wall.]] | ||
=Battle Rifles= | =Battle Rifles= | ||
==Mosin Nagant M91/30== | ==Mosin Nagant M91/30== | ||
Red Army soldiers carry the [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M91/30]]. Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral have rifles with bayonets fixed. | Red Army soldiers carry the [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant M91/30]]. Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral have rifles with bayonets fixed. | ||
[[File:M1891 MN rifle bayonet.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mosin Nagant M1891 with attachable bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.]] | |||
[[File:DOS Army Mosin.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral carry Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles with bayonets fixed.]] | |||
[[File:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R]] | [[File:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
[[File:DOS Army Mosin 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The army soldier to the left carries a full-length Mosin. The one next to him carries an M38 Carbine.]] | [[File:DOS Army Mosin 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The army soldier to the left carries a full-length Mosin. The one next to him carries an M38 Carbine.]] | ||
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[[File:DOS NKVD Maxim.jpg|thumb|none|600px|NKVD soldiers at a checkpoint man a Maxim M1910/30.]] | [[File:DOS NKVD Maxim.jpg|thumb|none|600px|NKVD soldiers at a checkpoint man a Maxim M1910/30.]] | ||
[[File:DOS NKVD Maxim 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the barrel.]] | [[File:DOS NKVD Maxim 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the barrel.]] | ||
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[[Category:Comedy]] | [[Category:Comedy]] | ||
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The Death of Stalin is a 2017 satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, In the Loop, Veep) and based on the French graphic novel La mort de Staline. Set in the Soviet Union in 1953, the film depicts the power struggle following the death of Joseph Stalin.
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The following weapons were used in the film The Death of Stalin:
Sidearms
Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 is used by officers of the Red Army and NKVD. Vasily Stalin (Rupert Friend) carries a TT-33 with silver grips.
N.B. Historically, Beria was shot by Colonel-General Pavel Batitsky; six other NKVD officers were tried and executed at the same time, but shot by firing squad, separately from Beria.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPSh-41s in the movie have 71-round drum magazines.
Assault Rifles
AK-47
The AK-47 is used by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs) (incorrectly referred to as Field Marshal in the movie) and other Red Army officers and soldiers during the coup against Beria. One of Stalin's guards carries an AK-47.
Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs) opens up his overcoat to reveal two AKs.
N.B. Historically, General Moskalenko, not Zhukov, snuck a gun into the Kremlin to arrest Beria, while Zhukov was barred from carrying a weapon.
Leonid Brezhnev (Gerald Lepkowski) selects one of the rifles.
N.B. Although Brezhnev was a major general in the Red Army at the end of World War II, he had been a civilian since 1946.
Zhukov leads the coup.
Zhukov, on guard, with an AK-47, remarks on the portrait of Secretary Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor) mounted on the lavatory wall.
Battle Rifles
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Red Army soldiers carry the Mosin Nagant M91/30. Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral have rifles with bayonets fixed.
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Red Army and NKVD soldiers can be seen using the Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine.
SKS
Red Army and NKVD soldiers use the SKS.
Machine Guns
Maxim M1910/30
The Maxim M1910/30 is used by NKVD soldiers at a checkpoint.
