Red Monarch 1983

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!"

Cast:

Colin Blakely
Stalin 

David Suchet
Beria 

Carroll Baker
Ellen Brown 

Ian Hogg
Shaposhnikov 

David Kelly
Sergo 

Jean Heywood
Sopha