
An Ordinary Execution
2010 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 7.0 · 84% critics
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.
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Details
- Original title
- Une Exécution ordinaire
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-02-03
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (23 votes)
Cast & crew

Marina Hands
as Anna

Édouard Baer
as Vassilli

Denis Podalydès
as Le concierge

André Dussollier
as Joseph Staline

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
as Beria

Anne Benoît
as Alexandra

Régis Romele
as Docteur Grégoriev

Valentin Popescu
as Bolchakov

Sophie Pincemaille
as Garde

Thierry Hancisse
as Ouvrier
Directed by Marc Dugain