The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin Country United Kingdom Directed by Armando Iannucci Release Date 2017 Language English Studio Main Journey Quad Productions Distributor Focus Films (United States) Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Main Cast Character Actor Nikita Kruschev Steve Buscemi Lavrentiy Beria Simon Russell Beale Comrade Andreyev Paddy Considine Vasily Stalin Rupert Friend Georgy Zhukov Jason Isaacs Vyacheslav Molotov Michael Palin Svetlana Stalin Andrea Riseborough Georgy Malenkov Jeffrey Tambor

The Death of Stalin (internationally released as Entebbe) is a 2017 satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci ([[The Thick of It, In the Loop, Veep) and based on the French graphic novel La mort de Staline. Set in 1953 Soviet Union, the film depicts the power struggle following the death of Joseph Stalin.

The following weapons were used in the film The Death of Stalin:

Sidearms

Tokarev TT-33

The |Tokarev TT-33 is used by officers of the Red Army and NKVD. Vasily Stalin (Rupert Friend) carries a TT-33 with silver grips.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

The PPSh-41 is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPsh's in the movie has 71-round drum magazines..

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Battle Rifles

Mosin Nagant M91/30

Red Army soldiers carry the Mosin Nagant M91/30. Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral have rifles with bayonets fixed.

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine

Red Army and NKVD soldiers can be seen using the Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine.

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R. This was modified to become the M44 which replaced it, entering combat trials in 1943, becoming fairly common in 1944.

SKS

Red Army and NKVD soldiers use the SKS.

Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Russian SKS has a milled receiver and a blade bayonet. The rifles were issued with hardwood or laminated stocks. This example has a hardwood stock.

Assault Rifles

AK-47

The AK-47 is used by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs) (incorrectly referred to as Field Marshal in the movie) and other Red Army officers and soldiers during the coup against Beria. One of Stalin's guards carries an AK-47.

Type I AK-47, hybrid stamped/milled receiver with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm. While it was intended for the AK to use all stamped parts for cost reasons, the Soviet metalworking industry was simply not ready to do this at the time, and the high rejection rate of the early stamped AK receivers led to a switch to milling that lasted until the introduction of the AKM.

Machine Guns

Maxim M1910/30

The Maxim M1910/30 is used by NKVD soldiers at a barrier.

Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR

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