<Ul> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> France </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire film directed and co-written by Armando Iannucci . Based on the French graphic novel La mort de Staline, it depicts the Soviet power struggles following the death of dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953 . It was released by eOne Films in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2017 and is set to be released in the United States by IFC Films on 9 March 2018 . </P> <P> The Death of Stalin was screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and received critical acclaim . It caused controversy in Russia and many other former members of the Soviet Union, and was banned in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan . </P>

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