A film of El Gouna Film Festival

جنازة رسميةState Funeral

Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Countries
Netherlands, Lithuania
Year
2019
Running time
135 min
Language
Official Selection - Out of Competition

At El Gouna Film Festival

What it is about

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.

Key roles

Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Screenplay
Sergei Loznitsa
Producer
Sergei Loznitsa, Maria Choustova
Editor
Danielius Kokanauskis

Full credits

Cast

17
  • Joseph Stalinas Self (archive footage)
  • Nikita Khrushchevas Self (archive footage)
  • Lavrentiy Beriaas Self (archive footage)
  • Vyacheslav Molotovas Self (archive footage)
  • Georgi Malenkovas Self (archive footage)
  • Klement Gottwaldas Self (archive footage)
  • Bolesław Bierutas Self (archive footage)
  • Urho Kekkonenas Self (archive footage)
  • Zhou Enlaias Self (archive footage)
  • Valko Chervenkovas Self (archive footage)
  • Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dejas Self (archive footage)
  • Mátyás Rákosias Self (archive footage)
  • Otto Grotewohlas Self (archive footage)
  • Walter Ulbrichtas Self (archive footage)
  • Harry Pollittas Self (archive footage)
  • Dolores Ibárrurias Self (archive footage)
  • Yumjaagiin Tsedenbalas Self (archive footage)

Directing

1
  • Sergei LoznitsaDirector

Writing

1
  • Sergei LoznitsaScreenplay

Production

5
  • Sergei LoznitsaProducer
  • Maria ChoustovaProducer
  • Jakub ViktorínCo-producer
  • Pavla Janoušková KubečkováCo-producer
  • Vladilen ViernyResearcher

Editing

3
  • Danielius KokanauskisEditor
  • Claudiu DoagaColorist
  • Sebastian PlamadealaOnline editor

Sound

2
  • Vladimir GolovnitskySound design
  • Ivo HegerRe-recording mixer

Companies

Atoms & Void · Studio Uljana Kim · Nutprdukce · Current Time TV

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