The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 · 79m · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Romance · War
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
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