State Funeral
2019, Russian. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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State Funeral is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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Cast & crew
- Sergei LoznitsaDirector
- Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
- Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
- Lavrentiy BeriaSelf (archive footage)
- Vyacheslav MolotovSelf (archive footage)
- Georgi MalenkovSelf (archive footage)
- Klement GottwaldSelf (archive footage)
- Bolesław BierutSelf (archive footage)
- Urho KekkonenSelf (archive footage)
- Zhou EnlaiSelf (archive footage)
- Valko ChervenkovSelf (archive footage)
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejSelf (archive footage)
- Mátyás RákosiSelf (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- 22 October 2019
- Original title
- Государственные похороны
- Country
- Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia
- Written by
- Sergei Loznitsa
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State Funeral runs 135 minutes (2h 15m).
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State Funeral is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
What movies are like State Funeral?
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Who directed State Funeral?
State Funeral (2019) was directed by Sergei Loznitsa and stars Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrentiy Beria.