In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.

Melvyn Douglas
Stalin

Eli Wallach
Poskrebyshev

Oskar Homolka
Khrushchev

E.G. Marshall
Beria

Luther Adler
Molotov

Thomas Gomez
Malenkov

Marian Seldes
Mme. Molotov

Lawrence Dobkin
Shtemenko

Bert Freed
Sokolovsky

David J. Stewart
Ignatiev

Paul Bryar
Zhukhov

Paul Lambert
Rassine

Teheran '43
Teheran '43

Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution

The Ambush
The Ambush

Noon
Noon

Monstrum
Monstrum

Balkan Spy
Balkan Spy

Playhouse
Playhouse

Chapayev
Chapayev

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

Stalin's Wife
Stalin's Wife

The Seventh Cronicle
The Seventh Cronicle

Tanks for Stalin
Tanks for Stalin