Film

An Ordinary Execution

2010 · 1h 45m · Drama

During the last days of Stalin's reign, a doctor (Marina Hands) tries to go unnoticed in a society of mutual dread where a neighbour or colleague might "denounce" you to the authorities at any moment.But tales of her healing touch have spread and one night she is taken away, not to the infamous Lubyanka prison, but to the Kremlin to attend the ailing Comrade Stalin himself. Uncle Joe (André Dussollier), an old man racked with pain but still as watchful and deadly as a snake.

Marina Hands

Anna

Édouard Baer

Vassilli

Denis Podalydès

Le concierge

André Dussollier

Joseph Staline

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

Beria

Anne Benoît

Alexandra

Régis Romele

Docteur Grégoriev

Valentin Popescu

Bolchakov

Sophie Pincemaille

Garde

Thierry Hancisse

Ouvrier

Gilles Ségal

Oncle Anton

• Marc DugainDirector · Writer
• Serge HayatProducer
• Jean-Louis LiviProducer
• Ion MarinescuExecutive Producer
• Julie SalvadorExecutive Producer
• Yves AngeloDirector of Photography
• Fabrice RouaudEditor
• Constance DemontoyCasting
• Tatiana VialleCasting

Release date

February 3, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama