Super Shakespearean style Satire 9.5/10

Rating: 9/10 (7 November 2017)

Superb script , you probably already know the actual history but the way it's been condensed into this Film based on the French graphic novel is superb .
This would make a fantastic stage play written in the Neil Simon style with more than a sprinkle of Shakespearean political skulduggery.
The chess game that went on in the background after Stalin's death to produce his successor from ambitious rivals who manoeuvre to protect their own skins under the pretence of doing it for the collective good .
In a period where life and death were just a word away there could only be one winner but like a Roman emperor victory can be short lived if your back is a magnet for knives !
An intelligent comic romp with excellent caricatures of the names you'll know from history that will keep you laughing from start to finish whilst educating you about this period of history .
Pad.A 9.5/10