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The Death of Stalin (2017)
★ 7.0 · 2,125 ratings on TMDB
In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
DirectorArmando Iannucci
The emergence reading
The Death of Stalin keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceGB
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)E8/E11/E12 · rare rung
The Expendables (2010)E8/E11/E12 · rare rung
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)E8/E11/E12 · rare rung
The Godfather Part II (1974)E8/E11/E12 · rare rung
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)E8/E11/E12 · rare rung
London Has Fallen (2016)E8/E11/E12 · rare rungSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Same people
Shared director or cast.
