Video Sources
State Funeral
Synopsis
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.
Original Title
Государственные похороны
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Lavrentiy Beria
Self (archive footage)
Vyacheslav Molotov
Self (archive footage)
Georgi Malenkov
Self (archive footage)
Klement Gottwald
Self (archive footage)
Bolesław Bierut
Self (archive footage)
Urho Kekkonen
Self (archive footage)
Zhou Enlai
Self (archive footage)
Valko Chervenkov
Self (archive footage)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Self (archive footage)
Mátyás Rákosi
Self (archive footage)
