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State Funeral

Original title: Gosudarstvennyye pokhorony
2019 · 2 h 15 min
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa · Ukraine · Contemporary European Art Cinema
DocumentaryHistory

Cast

Joseph Stalin Lavrenti Beria Nikita Khrushchev Vyacheslav Molotov Georgi Malenkov Enlai Zhou

Credits

Written by: Sergey Loznitsa
Produced by: Maria Baker-Choustova

Plot

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.

Sinekatalog’s take

State Funeral (2019) is a Ukrainian documentary directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It stars Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrentiy Beria. It runs 135 minutes. It is listed here as part of the director's body of work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,437 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.