The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by , David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter Fellows. Based on the French graphic novel "La Mort de Staline" (2010–2012), the film depicts the internal social and political power struggle among the Council of Ministers following the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953. The British-French-Belgian co-production stars an ensemble cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Olga Kurylenko, and Jeffrey Tambor.