Bit late to the party but finally watched this wild piece of satire. A (horrifying + hilarious) comedic telling of the power vacuum and struggle that followed in the hours and days after the death of Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Imho it is the epitome of “truth is stranger than fiction” cuz it’s crazy to see so many big names from history books behaving like, well, idiotic, greedy children. How could one even underestimate Armando Iannucci, a legend for his political satire in Veep and Thick of It. The greatest choice the movie makes is to let all the actors keep their native accents, which sometimes makes this feel like watching an early Guy Ritchie movie set in Russia and if that isn’t a compliment then I don’t know what is.