Armando Iannucci Director, Screenwriter Steve Buscemi Nikita Khrushchev Actor Simon Russell Beale Lavrentiy Beria Actor Jeffrey Tambor Georgy Malenkov Actor Paddy Considine Comrade Andryev Actor Rupert Friend Vasily Stalin Actor Jason Isaacs Georgy Zhukov Actor Olga Kurylenko Maria Yudina Actor Michael Palin Vyacheslav Molotov Actor Andrea Riseborough Svetlana Stalin Actor Paul Whitehouse Mikoyan Actor Adrian McLoughlin Stalin Actor Richard Brake Tarasov Actor Jonathan Aris Mezhnikov Actor Dermot Crowley Kaganovich Actor Cara Horgan Lidiya Timashuk Actor Fabien Nury Original Concept David Schneider Screenwriter Ian Martin Screenwriter Yann Zenou Producer Laurent Zeitoun Producer Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky Producer Kevin Loader Producer André Logie Co-Producer Gaëtan David Co-Producer Jean-Christophe Colson Executive Producer Sarah Crowe Casting Zac Nicholson Cinematographer Cristina Casali Production Design Charlotte Watts Production Design Suzie Harman Costume Design Peter Lambert Film Editing Christopher Willis Original Music