United Kingdom / Jun 16, 1983 / 15
1h 41min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lee Montague | Lee |
| Glynn Edwards | Vlasek |
| Nigel Stock | Molotov |
| Brian Glover | Nikita Krushchev |
| Wensley Pithey | Voroshilov |
| George A. Cooper | Kaganovitch |
| Peter Woodthorpe | Malenkov |
| Freddie Earlle | Mikoyan |
| Gawn Grainger | Zamorsky |
| Oscar Quitak | Mehklis |
| Bernard Gallagher | Vovka |
| Tim Preece | Lukov |
| George Costigan | Projectionist |
| Fred Lee Own | Mao Tse Tung |
| Malcolm Terris | Chairman of Physical Education |
| Eileen Helsby | Nina |
| Susan Carpenter | Seraphima |
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| Paddy Joyce | Akhmet |
| Virginia Balfour | Housekeeper |
| Ceri Jackson | Olga |
| Darren Gordon | Young Josef |
| Flora Page | Little Masha |
| Jane Galloway | Svetlana |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Red Monarch |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Enigma Productions, Goldcrest, Film4 Productions |
| Release date | 16 giugno 1983 |
| Executive producer | David Puttnam |
| Production | Graham Benson |
| Writer | Yuri Korotkov, Charles Wood, Susan Richards |
| Casting | Irene Lamb |
| Editing | Laurence Méry-Clark, Bryan Oates |
| Cinematography | Mike Fash, Chic Anstiss, Mike Miller, Dickie Lee, Clive Mackey, David Appleby |
| Assistant directors | Gary White, Adrian Rawle, Derek Harrington, Jack Gold, Renée Glynne |
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