British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
Credits
Red Monarch Cast
Name |
Character |
David Suchet
He was 37, now 77 years old
|
as Beria |
David Kelly
He was 53, 82 years old when he died
|
as Sergo |
Brian Glover
He was 49, 63 years old when he died
|
as Nikita Kruschev |
David Threlfall
He was 29, now 70 years old
|
as Vasily |
Lee Montague
He was 55, now 96 years old
|
as Lee |
Carroll Baker
She was 52, now 92 years old
|
as Brown |
Colin Blakely
He was 52, 56 years old when he died
|
as Stalin |
Peter Woodthorpe
He was 51, 72 years old when he died
|
as Malenkov |
Ian Hogg
He was 6, now 34 years old
|
as Shapochnikov |
Jean Heywood
She was 61, 98 years old when she died
|
as Sopha |
Wensley Pithey
He was 68, 79 years old when he died
|
as Voroshilov |
Tim Preece
He was 44, now 85 years old
|
as Lukov |
Glynn Edwards
He was 52, 87 years old when he died
|
as Vlasek |
Nigel Stock
He was 63, 66 years old when he died
|
as Molotov |
Oscar Quitak
He was 57, now 98 years old
|
as Mekhlis |
George Costigan
He was 35, now 76 years old
|
as Projectionist |
Freddie Earlle
He was 59, 83 years old when he died
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as Mikoyan |
Malcolm Terris
He was 42, now 83 years old
|
as Chairman, Physical Culture |
Susan Carpenter
She was 17, now 58 years old
|
as Seraphima |
George A. Cooper
He was 58, 93 years old when he died
|
as Kaganovitch |
Gawn Grainger
He was 45, now 86 years old
|
as Zamorsky |
Ceri Jackson
|
as Olga |
Virginia Balfour
|
as Housekeeper |
Red Monarch Crew
Name |
Department |
David Appleby as Still Photographer. |
Camera |
Yuri Korotkov as Story. He was 28 (now 68) years old
|
Writing |
Jack Gold as Director. He was 52 (now 93) years old
|
Directing |
Charles Wood as Writer. He was 34 (1) years old when He died
|
Writing |