“A Real-Life Drama”
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.
Director: Delbert Mann
Melvyn Douglas
Stalin
Eli Wallach
Poskrebyshev
Oskar Homolka
Khrushchev
E.G. Marshall
Beria
Luther Adler
Molotov
Thomas Gomez
Malenkov

Marian Seldes
Mme. Molotov
Lawrence Dobkin
Shtemenko
2003