Truth Never Lies
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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@thegreenreaper6660

2y↑1

I'm going to have to report this comment! Threatening to do harm to a member of the presidium, in the process of ....
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Look at your fucking face!!

Zhukov fucked Germany! He can take that fleshlump in a waistcoat!

All comments from YouTube:

@thekhoitran5868

3y↑6K

Colourised footage of my group trying to work on the group project planning

@tsarbombawithinternetconne875

3y↑301

Beria is that one groupmate that would fuck everything up

@whoknowswhocares885

3y↑135

I take it one guy wasn’t contributing anything or he tried to take all the credit. So you had him shot before he turned anything in.

@thekhoitran5868

3y↑74

@@whoknowswhocares885 yup! the court trial was a bit rough but I ended up ok

@awddfg

3y↑21

@KingArthurII I'm always the one that ends up leading the entire project

@bmort1313

3y↑38

Molotov would be that one guy who constantly asks the teacher if everything is as they expected

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@wizardofoz9803

3y↑12.1K

Imagine knowing what kind of a monster Beria is, but you are unable to do anything because of Stalin. This moment must have been a gift from the heavens.

@thisisajang

3y↑132

Indeed. It was alleged that Beria even molested Svetlana Stalin when she was a little girl.

@cristianiiv6418

3y↑463

@@thisisajang probably false , stalin would do something if he did somthing like this

@psychedelicsoul3260

3y↑696

Naah even Beria knew not to fuck with Stalin

@Nachoto

3y↑156

The only day the soviet people were happier than the day Stalin died is the day when Beria died

@JaketheJust

3y↑301

Stalin knew that Beria was a sexual predator. Once he learned his daughter was alone with him, he called her and told her to get out of the house now. When Stalin was on his deathbed, in front of him, Beria began to mock Stalin. While this was happening, Stalin regain consciousness and appeared to recovered, Beria got on his knees, kissed Stalin’s hand and begged his forgiveness. This man was a true sexual predator and a coward. No wonder called Beria The Soviets “Himmler.”

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@kamalindsey

2y↑8.4K

Fun fact, when Stalin introduced Beria to Churchill he called him "our Himmler." Very accurate comparison. Stalin also advised his daughter to never be in a room with him alone, so Stalin definitely knew how horrible Beria was.

@Anders357

2y↑1K

Stalins daughter WAS alone with Berija for a while, in the summer 36-37-38-39 is a very nice photo when Svetlana is sitting on the lap of Uncle Berija. There was one instance where Berija came to Stalin's home, and waited for Stalin to arrive.
When Stalin heard that Berija was at his home, alone with his children, he hurried home instantly. Stalin was very fond of Svetlana.

@Nonsense010688

2y↑223

interesting. I know that during a Meeting with the German ambassador before Operation Barbarossa, he apparently also introduce Beria as "our Himmler"

@nocucksinkekistan7321

2y↑35

everyone but me gotta learn ur cringe

@englandtownwalks891

1y↑174

You should read the book ''Stalin: The court of the Red Tsar''. It's very insightful and goes in full detail as to what was really going in Stalins inner circle and especially very detailed tales about Berias monstrous acts.

@mrnippletwister7342

1y↑1

actually Beria was a pedofile. There was a lot of speculations about it even at that time. When you was 50 he seen a cute-looking girl at the street at send his NKVD goon to stalk her. Later it was found that this girl was 16, Beria raped her and thay had a bastard baby.

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@simonnachreiner8380

2y↑4.5K

Zhukov is actually quoted as saying that killing Beria was the most important moment in his life. Not ww2, not Mongolia, not even when he was pinned under his horse.

Killing this monster was the most important thing the Hero of the Union ever did and that really says something.

@mccarthy5825

1y↑69

Is there any good documentaries or books(especially books) you can recommend to read about him?

@hardassteel

1y↑62

The most important thing he ever did was invade Berlin and conquer Germany.

@mccarthy5825

@@hardassteel there's a great line in the film where he says to Nikita ' I fucked Germany, I think I can fuck a fleshlump in a waistcoat' 😂

He was an incredible man and its good that this movie taught more people about him

@sdts8847

1y↑29

Not without Rokossovsky he didn't

@soggmeisterlasagnagarfield

1y↑203

Zhukov is supposed to be the Soviet Man, while Beria is supposed to be everything the Union should have destroyed. The problem is, they’re both Soviet. I think that’s probably one of the main points of the movie.

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@boxymccutter9623

2y↑9.5K

What I love most is that Zhukov is both taking this whole ordeal with deep seriousness and treating it as a sunny afternoon game at the same time.

@attysthoughts3253

2y↑847

well... compared to defeating the Nazis and surviving Stalin's purges, this was a sunny afternoon game for him

@mst3KGf

2y↑634

His whole attitude during the film is that of a guy who knows he's completely untouchable since he's the idolized WWII hero with the army devoted to him. So he can troll anyone he wants and do stuff like punching Stalin's own son in the gut, completely secure in the knowledge that no one will stop him.

@timengineman2nd714

After WW1, The Revolution, ALL os Stalin's (and Beria's) Purges, WW2; this was basally nothing!

@thegreenreaper6660

2y↑1

@JaegerRukajarvi

2y↑218

It's the disposition of a person at the top of their profession who still loves what they do. When you're that experienced, you already know what to do and expect, and you're so relaxed as a result that cracking jokes and making small talk just comes naturally no matter the seriousness.

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@DonPatrono

1y↑1.1K

Fun fact: when Stalin died in 1953, the AK47 Type 1 was still top notch military technology that hadn't seen mass distribution yet (due to it being milled instead of stamped, a more time-cnsuming production method), so the vast majority of the armed forces still had the SKS and the old Mosins. It's a nice little detail that the only people seen with an AK in this coup are Zhukov and Brezhnev, which no doubt moved a bit of waters to be able to get them

@5roundsrapid263

42w↑43

They’re still using Mosins on both sides in Ukraine today, among so many other conflicts. They just can’t die.

@cynicat74

41w↑32

@@5roundsrapid263 My favorite rifle is the Mosin Nagant it doesn't need oil at all, and it's so satisfying when you shoot it, its like getting drop kicked in the shoulder. You dont even need to reload the mosin, they're so cheap that you can just buy a new one when the ammo runs out. The best part about shooting them is the visit to to chiropractor after youre done shooting it. Or if you cant get to one, just use the next shot to put your shoulder back into place. I actually keep a mosin around the house, and use it as a hammer or if someone breaks in, i can use it as a club or pike, i also use the bayonet to make shishkabobs when babooshka isnt around. I once put the bayonet on the gun, and stood up, i took a one foot chunk of plaster out of the ceiling and my wife wouldnt talk to me for a week. And the smell when you buy 10 of them, you open the crate and are met with the smell of cosmoline, low grade shellac, and the 100 year old blood of facist pigs long dead. When i was on the pole vault team during high school, i find that the long poles were too flimsy, so i just used my mosin nagant, I won first place. When i was in the navy, i found that the deck cannons were too small, and secretly replaced them with mosin nagants, we destroyed 50 ships that day. One time i ran over a mosin nagant, my car exploded destroying the 50 mosins in my trunk... the thing wasnt even loaded and luckily i have another 500 at home, so it wasnt a big loss. One time i was out camping, and had no firewood, so i shot a tree. It was blown in half and now i had firewood. Once i forgot my lighter at home but had my trusty mosin with me, so i tried to light a cigarette with it, i destroyed the cigarette and my entire upper body. I once went to an airsoft battle with my mosin, and fired blanks, i won. When i was on my high school baseball team, i realized that bats are too expensive, so i used my mosin, every time i hit the ball it was so far away that rifles were banned from my baseball team. Instead of lawn darts, my family used mosin nagants for fun, they're 10 times as lethal for 1/10th the price. Once when i ran out of ammo and didnt have another mosin handy i just rigged it to shoot chain linked ammo. Once when i was playing moses in a kindergarten play, god wouldnt part the waters for me, so i just fired my mosin and the waters parted. Instead of truck nuts, i hang a mosin nagant on my trailer hitch. When going across the volga everyone forgot their boat oars, so we just used our mosins. When target shooting, i have to have the target at 150 meters away because at 100 the muzzle is going through the target. The mosin nagant has fought in many wars against itself, and has won every time. I shot a mosin nagant at work once, and its muzzle flash set off the sprinkler system. Once i was out of firewood and had 50 mosins in the trunk of my car, so i piled up 49 of them shot the pile and ended up starting a forest fire in an area with no trees. One of my mosins came free with the purchase of a bayonet. I once Shot a mosin into the ground, that area is now known as the Vredefort crater.

Mosin is love

Mosin is life

@ToxicFarm

39w

you talk about stalin and found traces of drugs in the white house?

@twistedyogert

39w↑7

Now I know why the AK and it's derivatives are so common in some parts of the world. Dirt cheap since millions perhaps billions were made and they last forever.

@extremely.hung.individual2693

30w

@@cynicat74 oh my fucking god 😂

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@willnash7907

3y↑5.6K

I had no idea the post-Stalinist struggle took place in Middle England.

@Artur-fj5pn

3y↑319

you learn something new everyday

@willnash7907

3y↑345

@@Artur-fj5pn
It is a stellar cast though.

@samtrotter7177

3y↑90

Where the hell is "Middle England?"

@alexandersavvin1024

3y↑411

@@samtrotter7177 somewhere next to Middle Earth I guess

@alexanderthegreat1270

3y↑405

I noticed that too, but it’s actually a deliberate detail by the directors! It’s meant to demonstrate the different regions of the USSR that the top soviet leaders came from.

For example, Georgy Malenkov speaks in a very regal British accent because he was born in Orenberg into a wealthy family of Russian officers, while Kruschev talks in a working class American accent due to his youth in a poor Russian village.

The biggest accent is Stalin’s cockney, demonstrating his childhood in rough, poverty stricken Georgia and his brutish nature as a leader.

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@alaybozan2634

3y↑4.4K

2:40 "How long before the army is here?"
-the Minister of Defense

God, I love this movie so much.

@noobster4779

3y↑565

To be fair he couldnt really organize the troops "officially" to take over because Beria would have known instantly. A lot in typical coup instances works over the "second row" personal, in this case the generals, because they can act far more low key. it is not to unrealistic that he doesnt know exactly when his troops would be arriving because he propably didnt know where exactly they were waiting to spring into action. the coup units were most likely not still in their barracks and it is simple panic as well.
In reality this was a lot more "organized" and safe because Cruschev had managed to get Berias two top officers to betray him. They basically organized it that the nkvd wouldnt really be resisting the coup. it is indirectly shown by the nkvd officer here not firering on the soldiers despite him knowing the army is hardly there without previous notice to eat cake.

@Idras74

3y↑92

The whole movie summed up in one sentence.

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497

2y↑73

@@noobster4779 Yeah
And if he wanted to mobilize them in the city Beria would obviously know because he is in charge of the NKVD which is basically internal security

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497

2y↑43

@@noobster4779 Yeah because the NKVD would get fucked up by the army because all they are is personal while the army is the real fighting force
He most likely didn’t know how many troops were coming into the city

@juliandasilva1001

2y↑2

Dmitry Ustinov?

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@LTAD-xi6sw

2y↑2.4K

4:06 “Stalin would be loving this”

He absolutely would. The drama, the betrayal, the chaos. Just his sort of entertainment

@andrewcarlson3486

1y↑165

Literally has popcorn while watching this whole thing in the afterlife

@joestevenson5568

1y↑186

Also he despised Beria anyway. He was useful to him, but absolutely not someone he liked or trusted.

@FireMarshallStev

1y↑71

I love how whimsically this line is delivered. Molotov didn't have many lines in the film, but this is a top one.

@WhyTho525

50w↑11

Stalin hated Beria, so ofc he would've loved this

@alphasilicon8720

44w↑12

@@WhyTho525Hell, Stalin didn’t even want Beria as head of the NKVD, (he wanted Georgy Malenkov as that) Beria was elected to the position by the Party.

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@rjelruiz5867

33w↑80

"It's too late. The only choice we have is between his death or his revenge."

Prigozhin chose poorly.

@markoprskalo6127

10w

1:16 Brezhnev is badass here
He is my favorite Soviet leader
Brezhnev is pointing gun at Beria

@strange7842

2y↑1.9K

"This is a lavatory!"
"Well, you should feel at home then, shouldn't you, you little coil of shit?"
God I love this movie.

@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114

2y↑37

The answer of Mikoyan to Beria is a 10/10 for me! I like how Paul Whitehouse reply to Russell Beale in this scene!

@michaellynes3540

2y↑74

“Fuck me. Georgy’s eyes really do follow you around the crapper. Weird.”

@-et37-

2y↑10

@@michaellynes3540 My favorite line in the entire movie.

@omemahmud2963

Movie name?

@kansairobot2015

@@omemahmud2963 the death of stalin

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@ophthalmophobicnpc8002

1y↑524

Zhukov is what every man wants to be: fearless, badass, a war hero who is respected by everyone, with every soldier being willing to go through hell with you. And on top of that youre staging a coup against a sadistic mass murderer.

@charlesharper2357

47w↑16

He was the only General who would stand up to Stalin...and one of the only ones he'd listen to.

@lajsin

36w↑7

@@charlesharper2357Rokossovsky did the same thing with during operation bagration and he made it alive as well.

@charlesharper2357

36w↑4

@@lajsin
Don't know where you got that from...Zhukov actually pushed for the two pronged approach.

@lajsin

36w

Zhukov, like the rest of Stavka, supported idea of one massive breakthrough that could be exploited, meanwhile Rokossovsky solely advocated for breaking main advance into several coordinated groups. Stalin placed all bets on Rokossovskys plan. @@charlesharper2357

@user-tz1zo6nu3n

13w↑1

Stalin's idea of a war general was IIRC Budyonny - who was still advocating the effectiveness of mounted cavalry...

@Dan-kr9bm

3y↑3.1K

Georgy went from being head of government of the Soviet Union to being director of a powerplant in Kazachstan.

@ruturajshiralkar5566

3y↑421

Malenkov as the part of Anti-Party Group lead by Kaganovich tried to oust Khrushchev from his post as the Gen Sec. But Marshal Zhukov saved him.

@TheVoiceOfReason93

3y↑602

Normally, in Soviet politics, if you lose the power struggles the worse you get is getting demoted and shoved off to fill some backwater humiliating post, like becoming the ambassador of Mongolia (in the case of Molotov following the failed coup against Khrushev), or made to run a candlewax factory. Others just get retired early. The mass executions and the mass incarcerations in gulags were mostly a product of the Stalinist era and following it the Soviets actively moved away from such practices, even if they still do occur at a much reduced frequency and with far less lethality.

@mehere8299

3y↑141

@@TheVoiceOfReason93 They realized they were scaring off the best and brightest.

@krieger8825

2y↑214

That's kinda good, being head of a powerplant is kinda good for the time, it's better than starving to death or being tortured to death by the secret police

@jec1ny

2y↑265

Malenkov outlived them all. After his overthrow he was allowed to live and eventually settled into a quiet retirement in Moscow. In quite possibly the greatest irony in history, Malenkov converted to Orthodox Christianity before his death in 1988 at the age of 86. In his final years he was very active in church services. One wonders if he spent his time praying for the forgiveness of the millions of people he helped to kill.

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@JohnnysWarStories

3y↑2.7K

The portrayal of Zhukov kills me in this movie haha

@adamallen1097

3y↑167

He was hilarious

@benedictodunsky2790

3y↑266

" Fock Me, Georgy eyes follows me in this room "

@blackpowderuser373

3y↑219

"Alright, what's a war hero gotta do to get some LUBRICATION around here?!?"

<throws off coat in the most Soviet way possible>

@guilhermegoncalves110

3y↑128

0:43 - "Hands up or I shoot you in the fokin' face!"

@matthewcockburn9850

3y↑112

"Spit it out Georgy, stagin a coup here."

That and when the NKVD soldiers take off, "go on, kill them will ya." 😂

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@trenttrip6205

3y↑5.7K

I love how Georgy only starts saying “he deserves a trial!” after they make fun of his portrait lmao

@robertwalker5794

2y↑555

I think that was his poor attempts to try and regain control. Throughout the movie, Georgy thought he was in charge but now, he is realizing that it was Beria who had all the real power.

@matthewriley7826

2y↑263

@@robertwalker5794 Or even earlier than that when Khrushchev all but told him Beria was going down and he naively thought he could demote him to “Minister of Fisheries”.

@ovilexx7744

2y↑76

They really sound like best friends on highschool with zhukov leading the gang🤣

@thiagodeandrade7081

2y↑3

Priorities.

@seregapetrov4376

Здрава глиномесы! Вы нихуя не знаете про Россию..

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@kev3d

2y↑308

2:46 For those that might not be aware, Molotov (Michael Palin) says he'll "spend a kopek" meaning to use the toilet. In British slang, "spend a penny" refers to the early days of public restrooms which charged a penny for their use to pay for their maintenance. A kopek is (or was) an Eastern European/Russian/Soviet coin, more or less analogous to a penny, or a European or American cent, worth 1/100th of the value of a Ruble.

@wowsuchhandle

1y↑6

I always wondered how that meant using the bathroom. Thank you.

@robert100xx

1y↑15

Additional fun fact. The Actor playing Molotov is Micheal Palin. A British gentleman. I wonder if he ad-libbed this for laughs.

@Batchall_Accepted

48w↑4

This one made me laugh so hard, and how all the actors are using their native colloquialisms

@Tugela60

47w↑4

In Russia public toilets were often manned by some attendant, usually some retired person, and you would have to pay them to use it.

@5roundsrapid263

42w↑1

@@JB-uu8khven American public toilets were often coin-operated until the ‘70s.

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@demon515

3y↑8.6K

I love how Zhukov is so fearless. Everyone else was afraid of Beria but him. Then again why would he be? He’s a war hero in charge of a giant army of men that would follow him through the gates of hell.

@JR7noir

3y↑559

Difference between an army and party.

@tyler89557

2y↑1K

In the words of Zhukov
"I beat the entire German Army, I think I can handle a fleshbag in a waistcoat"

@user-ll2sd8bs4g

2y↑32

@@tyler89557 ‘I focked Germany.’

@xalthzdornier4805

2y↑406

Even Stalin feared Zhukov.

@gregorylumban-gaol3889

2y↑364

@@xalthzdornier4805 Stalin feared Beria as well

But for reasons that would disgust even the most vicious dictators in history.

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@ferghalicious1480

42w↑130

“It’s too late.”

One of the most powerful lines in the film. Nikita wasn’t just talking about the coup when he said that.

@swjdnansjdjs4224

3y↑2.3K

Notice how Georgy was on his side until he looked at all his crimes on that paper

@matthewriley7826

3y↑258

It’s pretty ambiguous. He didn’t head the trial when he had the power to do so but when he saw it he also didn’t do anything to save him.

@Z95HeadHunter

3y↑254

He was a bit of a coward. At least in the context of the movie. I think he was afraid of Beria's wrath should the tables be turned, but he also didn't want to incite the wrath of his other colleagues.

@RgyStvia

3y↑64

Malenkov its a coward man
He didn't do anything because he know if he try save Beria he will getting execute too

@Astartes-6969

3y↑9

That's a good detail.

@benjaminlucas1635

3y↑45

It's funny that Jeffrey Tambor can play all of these comical roles but when he's playing a serious character he still manages to make him somewhat comical playing someone who doesn't seem to have a clue.

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@wedgeantilles3983

2y↑1.4K

"What about Tukhachevsky and Pyatakov!? Did they get a trial!? What about Sokolnikov, who BEGGED him to look after his elderly mother, and what did this monster do, he STRANGLED HER in front of him! It's TOO LATE. The only choice we have is between his death or his revenge. And you will FUCKING SIGN THIS." Absolutely 10/10 kino from Buscemi.

@CultureFiendMedia89

2y↑22

Amen

@TheAzureNightmare

2y↑9

I can think of a Mr. Madison who'd be glad to have called THAT guy. Where's that ELO coming from?

@syahmiAimann

2y↑99

Poor tukhachevsky, the man who was first five original the marshal of soviet union along with voroshilov, got purged during Great Purge

@benrig89

2y↑48

And he's completely correct too, Solzhenitsyn would approve.

Though I feel like real life Khrushchev was probably not as moral as he is in this movie.

@coachman1532

2y↑53

I can’t think of a lot of things more evil than strangling someone’s mother after that person begged for her to get good care.

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@sugandhakohli

3y↑6.6K

I absolutely love how Zukhov is personally leading the coup. Like literally. Wielding an AK, ahead of the group, looking out for any Beria supporters until the army arrives. Fucking badass!!

@leadkiss7262

3y↑150

Just like he said "I fucked the German army, I think I can take a fleshball in a suit"

@ImmortanDan

3y↑228

@@HelghastStalker Don't forget feared. In this movie his ability to provide the heavy army support is what carries the day, and it probably did in real life as well; People were right to be scared shitless of him.

@TheVoiceOfReason93

3y↑37

@James Hagan Actually no. The Bolsheviks were wary of any 'Napoleon' or 'Caesar' figures who could usurp the revolution and went far to keep a lid on the power of the army partly to prevent that. Apart from his outsider status and abrasive personality, Leon Trotsky was kicked out because of his role in forming the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, and many feared that he could use it to seize power. Zhukov would not be allowed anywhere near the Presidium - in fact, within a few years of Stalin's death and Khrushev seizing power Zhukov would be sidelined and forced to retire.

@AnnDroid877

3y↑187

I love Jason Isaacs' portrayal of Zhukov in this film. Zhukov's daughter claimed that she was appalled, that her father never used foul language, etc.

@Vollification

3y↑154

Fun fact
They had to reduce his number of medals for the movie because if they portrayed how many medals he actually had it would one, look insane and two Isaac wouldn't be able to do any form of "advanced" movement (such as running), he would basically be reduced to a slow walk :p

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@GrandHighGamer

2y↑472

Jason Isaacs absolutely kills in this movie as a Yorkshire Russian military general. "Not with that you won't."
Also I always feel bad for the guards who walk into the room, realise shit is going down, and hastily try and back out again.

@maclain728

1y↑2

I felt bad too until realizing they were high ranking NKVD members. Basically these guys were the SS of the USSR so purging the higher ranks is absolutely a good thing, these men were awful human beings and deserved to die!

@HansenDing

1y↑60

Those weren't just guards tho, they were NKVD. Many in the Red Army would have (rightfully) pretty big grudges against the NKVD

@jeffersonwright9275

52w↑25

´´Sorry comrades .... wrong room!´´ Classic!!

@RaynmanPlays

45w↑7

They might have survived if they had surrendered their weapons and stayed as a sign of approval.

@homersimpson5497

44w↑32

The guy who hides and gets shot is Beria’s right hand man, and he’s just as much of a scumbag. Seems the others get away

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@huldrrrr9486

3y↑3.4K

"Why'd they hang a picture of my grandmother in here?" chuckles
"Stalin would have loved this"
In a really dark way these parts are kind of wholesome, just some lads (who would kill each other without batting an eyelid) having a laugh and reminiscing

@gregorylumban-gaol3889

3y↑277

Best part was that it was true. Stalin actually would have loved this. I think he would even walk alongside them with Beria begging Stalin for mercy. Perhaps Stalin would even have the pleasure of personally dragging Beria.

@s3c0nd1mpact

3y↑180

Its the ultimate goal in life; having a dedicated group of lads apart of something much bigger than yourself. This kind of camaraderie and jeering makes these fifty year old Soviet dinosaurs seem like high school seniors.

@citus333

3y↑118

@@gregorylumban-gaol3889 And he would have. He really really wanted to kill beria for the longest time but what prevented him is Beria's Powerbase within the georgian Politiburo and his tight hold in the NKVD. Stalin on multiple occasion after the war had already decimated the Georgian Soviets in an effort to secure enough power to arrest Beria. He suceeded in destroying the georgians but it was not enough to secure Beria's Arrest.

@Igor9011998

3y↑111

@@citus333 Stalin tolerated Beria because he used to get the job done... after the war when Beria was trying to centralize power around the NKVD by using the georgian mingrelian minority (of which beria belonged to), Stalin purged them all, im talking about a small scale genocide of an ethnic minority... needless to say that after this 'incident', beria never tried anything 'funny' again, not to mention that he, out of every other ministers, was TERRIFIED of Stalin, and Stalin surely loved to bully beria more than anyone else

@samtrotter7177

3y↑4

@@s3c0nd1mpact That's a really weird "ultimate goal in life"

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@LastGunslinger1

36w↑20

"The army is back, did you miss us" was low-key impressive

@SpartanSniper3

2y↑5K

This moment is just as gratifying as the death of Stalin, but the world at large overlooks it because Beria was overshadowed by Stalin. This man was an absolute monster and the only objection you're likely to ever find to his death is that it was too quick.

@Saurophaganax1931

2y↑15

You could kill him a thousand times over, in a thousand different ways, and it still wouldn’t be justice enough for everything he did.

@zephyr8072

2y↑341

It is however vastly amusing that in reality apparently his last words were “Allow me to say..” before being shot.

Clearly, he wasn’t allowed.

@DinsRune

2y↑230

Look at it this way: Beria is forgotten by the world at large, considered a footnote in the stories of other men. What greater indignity is there then for a powerful man to be forgotten?

@deanpd3402

2y↑130

We know the ins and outs of Hitler. We know what he ate in the trenches. We know what he read in jail. We know everything there is to know about the man but ask your average college student about Beria and they wouldn't even know how to say his name. While it might be justice that he is forgotten, the world needs to know about this murderous history as much as they need to know about Hitler's brutal regime.

@ElPresidente_2087

2y↑28

@@deanpd3402 if people wanna talk about Stalin they should also talk about Beria

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@davidrendall7195

2y↑3K

Lovely little detail with the Army Guards beside the pillars. When Beria goes to the window he tells them to "Arrest that man, he's gone mad!" Neither move from their positions. Zhukov enters the room and when he sees Beria, he casually hands his rifle to the same guard that just blanked the most dangerous man in Russia. The power of command.

@asllen3310

2y↑349

Beria (and even some of us) doesn't realize that the guards he think is just a normal NKVD (his men), but if we look from a bit closer it's the real Red Army, probably being planned to be there by either Krushchev or Zhukov himself.

@kyleshea384

2y↑47

@@asllen3310 Yeah if that were me I'd have my guys dress up as one of them

@tektoastium7241

2y↑100

@@asllen3310 actually, the NKVD have blue caps. The Red Army has olive green

@xhagast

2y↑27

Don't forget the worthlessness of loyalty and the obviousness of Beria's fall.

@asllen3310

2y↑34

@@tektoastium7241 yes that! the guards on the meeting room wore olive green caps! that the detail!

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@bigj1905

2y↑3.1K

Khrushchev snapping at Georgy was a real awesome moment.

You can hear the anger and frustration in his voice when he points out all the innocent men who were framed or killed by Beria, and how it’s B.S and a waste of time to put such a man on trial.

@tarasrakya8414

2y↑5

No. He just wanted it done quickly. It was always going to be a bullet and a bonfire. It's not the crimes he committed, it's how dangerous he was.

@jackakakreanxx5587

2y↑22

Or he put on a really good act

@szellemikutmergezes9810

The most ironic about this is that they also werent innocent at all, thats the exact reason why they killed Beria, they didnt give a fuck about what he did they just wanted to silence him because he had info on all of them.

@mst3KGf

2y↑317

None of the other Soviet leaders, including Khrushchev, are what we call "good" people as they all have blood on their hands, but they all have the "we did what we had to do" attitude for (a) the greater good or at least the lesser of two evils and (b) in order to survive under Stalin. None of them are proud of what they did. Beria, on the other hand, is a sadistic monster who openly revels in the pain and suffering he causes. Understandably, they're disgusted and horrified by such a man and would want him gone.

@SStupendous

2y↑34

@@mst3KGf Pretty sure Nazis had the same attitude? "Did what we were told/'had' to do". Doesn't make it right ultimately though.

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@prathification

1y↑67

The guy who plays Beria does such a good job. From being a malignant psychopath early on to the scheming and eventually as he realizes he’s dead. Just great acting.

@pendorran

1y↑8

Simon Russell Beale is an amazing actor.

@Phlebas

2y↑1.3K

I really like the line, "It's too late. The only choice we have is between his death and his revenge." It's not a funny line, but it really brings home the point that they've crossed the Rubicon.

@TheBadgerr

2y↑20

Underrated comment

@brianjones7660

50w↑3

brilliant writing....the backbone of any great movie you really liked....

@richardcoughlin8931

44w↑9

Fast forward to June 24, 2023. Russia is a timeless mess.

@prebenjaeger

43w

@@richardcoughlin8931 It is? Moscow looks fine, Paris is burning.

@clusterflick6333

43w↑16

@@prebenjaeger Parisians rioting and setting the city on fire is pretty standard status quo stuff for France, tbh. In other countries, that might show signs of a crisis, in France it's just your run-of-the-mill Friday afternoon.

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@aiiv7839

1y↑117

I love the part at 1:29 where Zhukov just casually orders that soldier to kill those NKVD men that walked in. It's just as casual as someone saying, "Get me some coffee, will ya?" and it's so hilarious to me.

@michaeldailey3219

43w↑2

Yes, I loved that part too.

@LordValorum

3y↑910

Fun fact: Zhukov was 56 years old when Coup happened.

@xalthzdornier4805

3y↑69

He was a young high ranking lad then.

@tarasrakya8414

2y↑45

@@xalthzdornier4805 well from what I gather the second world war gave lots of advancement opportunities. Between the German army and the NKVD, positions of power were always becoming available.

@nosferatuoddz7974

2y↑2

@Prauwlet213

2y↑5

Woah. That’s very young for a general

@SmartassX1

2y↑13

@@Prauwlet213 Marshal, actually. That's higher than general. In modern times that rank nolonger exists, because no army is big enough to need it and because someone decided to make it fashionable that a civilian president should be the highest commander.

Also, the reason why russia had relatively young officers during and after WW2 was that shortly before the war, Stalin had purged the military and had all senior staff killed.

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@plateshutoverlock

3y↑1.7K

I love how the window required a key to open that he didn't have, and it was double paned to soundproof it.

@TheSuspectOnFoot

3y↑232

In cold climates like Russia, windows are typically always double-paned so the heat doesn't escape so easily. They aren't specifically soundproofed

@deadstareffect6763

3y↑90

@@TheSuspectOnFoot just conveniently soundproofed

@animo9050

3y↑79

@@deadstareffect6763 to be fair, lots of things are conveniently sound proof because of how sound works, when trying to keep something in or something.

@deadstareffect6763

3y↑3

@@animo9050 neat

@Nathan-yw3rg

3y↑40

I have lived in Kazakhstan where many buildings are designed and built in Soviet style and I can assure you most of their walls and windows are soundproof especially the "Stalinka" buildings

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@KillerBot5100

2y↑543

“Spit it out Georgy, staging a coup here” Zhukov knew exactly what he was doing and how much of a crime it was if it didn’t work out, but he knew Beria was so despised that barely anyone would lift a finger to stop him.

@SmartassX1

2y↑25

Back then it was believed by many that Zhukov could probably have used his hero status to seize power for himself. Stalin believed this too and was worried.

@alexf9381

1y↑25

@@SmartassX1 Yep. Zhukov was adored by virtually everyone. The army, citizens etc. That's why Stalin knew he couldn't lay a finger on him regardless how jealous he was. Stalins jealousy was worsened by the fact he wasn't Russian so he always felt like an outsider. So an actual Russian like Zhukov who was deemed a hero by the nation was his worst nightmare.

@philipsalama8083

35w↑26

I don't understand how the Russians could call this an "insulting" portrayal of Zhukov - everyone else, but not Zhukov. Zhukov is awesome in this movie. I'd love to be portrayed like this in a film.

@424dsfdsfdsfs

20w

Zhukov was a super aggressive power grabber, often claiming others results as his own, ready to kill to advance his interests. But Russian Proaganda hides that fact trying to present him as just an obedient general

@Turboy65

3y↑589

The two men who walked in at the wrong moment should have looked at Zhukov and said "We're with you." and stayed so as to avoid getting shot. They chose badly.

@hindolbhattacharya9715

2y↑157

Not every NKVD personnel was killed (surrendered NKVD soldiers were just disarmed when the army reinforcement arrives). They were higher ups and had close ties with Beria. Unlikely that they would have been spared.

@worldwidewendall6181

2y↑101

One of them is the man that Zhukov degrades when he first enters. He feminizes him saying 'stick you in a skirt' etc. The guy was part of the hated NKVD. Zhukov was probably always going to have him killed. He established dominance in his first words to him.

@Patrick_3751

2y↑102

Fun fact, in real life two MVD guards DID walk in and stumbled across the coup! One of the generals immediately put them in touch with Bulganin over the phone who SOMEHOW managed to convince them to leave and not say anything! God what I would give to hear that conversation! (Translated of course) LOL!!!

@cadenvanvalkenburg6718

1y↑6

One of those was Beria's assistant in the movie. He was always dead

@Tugela60

47w↑1

@@Patrick_3751 The conversation would have been "you can go now and be quite, or, you can stay and go to a gulag". I am sure they were not stupid and knew what was going on, so they just did as they were told to do.

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@tsarbombawithinternetconne875

3y↑482

Beria looking like a idiot calling his guards is the funniest shit I’ve ever seen

@johnmartin4119

3y↑44

Even Zhukov looked annoyed at that sight

@Ramboost007

2y↑24

That zoom out to the guards who couldn't hear him is an underrated funny moment

@joshuawebb5891

3y↑2.9K

Two things come to mind ..
1. I think the scene under plays just how much of a balsy move this was . If any of the committee wussed out , beria could have gotten away then they really would all be dead . Beria was a monster who loved to do.the torture himself .
2. Making Malenkov sign it in front of everyone cemented Khrushchev's authority . He may have been a progressive , but he knew what he was doing .
Edit : No one from the top down liked Beria. Stalin at best tolerated him , and Zhukov was literally itching for an excuse to drag him out by his collar .

@Saurophaganax1931

3y↑196

I want to say that he got what he deserved in the end but he really didn’t. I don’t think there is a punishment in existence capable of avenging every thing this man did. Anything you could possibly do to him would just fall short.

@robertwalker5794

3y↑98

@@Saurophaganax1931 Don’t worry. Satan himself no doubt greeted him in Hell the day he died.

@Chad-Rainis

3y↑17

@@robertwalker5794 nah, I think Beria got a place as Satan's Right Hand Man.

@michaellynes3540

3y↑20

@@Saurophaganax1931 Lavrentiy Beria was a total psychopath. He locked up half of the Soviet Union, tortured, raped and killed hundreds of thousands of people. Stalin even feared Beria and his notorious reputation of rape, but kept Beria protected. After Stalin died, all of Beria's crimes, Beria feared, could be used as an asset. Beria issued reforms in the Soviet Union mainly to distance himself from Stalin's regime and the crimes Beria committed.

@alienvseditor

3y↑81

Stalin made a point to his daughter that she under any circumstances should never be in a room alone with Beria

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@95DarkFire

3y↑255

4:31 Malenkov ordering his own picture removed is a nice detail.

@gtbest5417

3y↑14

Context?

@blackpowderuser373

3y↑67

@@gtbest5417 Pretty much acknowledging that Khrushchev is now calling the shots

@Joao-jx1lo

3y↑48

@@blackpowderuser373 i think thats too because he fins the portrait extremely ugly hahahah. Its a Two way joke.

@BacenticFlam

3y↑13

@@Joao-jx1lo He said that he wanted the portrait with his chin up to be destroyed

@Darkfawfulx

Was this one of those deleted scenes?

@5Oblivion

40w↑60

I love that Beria growls about “looking forward to peeling the skin off your face” to Zhukov, and yet he just mockingly says “not with that you won’t” whilst holding Lavrenti’s own knife. Beria was a cruel, terrifying monster who owned the KGB as his personal instruments of terror, but he threatened the man who marched from Moscow to Berlin slaughtering Nazis, and the one person in all of Russia who didn’t fear him: Field Marshal Georgy Fucking Zhukov.

@GabrielNicho

28w↑4

The KGB didn't exist yet. It was founded the year after Berias death.

@michaellynes3540

14w↑2

@@GabrielNichoBeria owned the MVD.

@dignam8943

2y↑1.9K

Steve Buscemi is so good in these type of roles. His antiheroes are never over the top and feel kind of relatable and human - even if they are amoral and corrupt. Exactly this is why I will always prefer his work as Nucky on Boardwalk Empire over antiheroes like Walter White. He delivers nuanced performances which are much more suble and complex.

@benrig89

2y↑85

If you had told me Steve Buscemi would play Nikita Khrushchev and pull it off really well, I would have laughed at you. Until I saw this movie.

@som-wanmaybea3682

2y↑40

It's the key this whole movie stands on. You recognize your working class uncle and your flimsy middle manager and your eccentric middle school pal in these people. There was something unusually ruthless and opportunistic about them... but it's amazing how much it disappears in their average-ness.

@Terribads

I think he would have done a great Beria, but this was a comedy.. twisted, but comedy

@followingtheroe1952

2y↑1

Well i would give my life for the motherland!

@clay3205

Nucky was a great character/anti-hero that I was so very happy to see get blasted in the face. Like Tony Soprano, his own actions and inactions led him to him rightly deserved demise.

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@severin99

41w↑32

I still just can't get over how good Michael Palin is in this film. Transcendently funny but with such heart. A wonderful performance

@bendrenth441

3y↑506

So the blue hats are NKVD and the greenish hats are Red Army.

@spartangaming1352

3y↑89

lads with blue shoulder boards, gorget patches and caps with red trimming and blue covers are NKVD (technically should be MVD), the army drab ones with red trimming, red gorget patches and shoulder boards are Army

@bernardomiranda7257

3y↑3

@@spartangaming1352 nkgb

@LordValorum

3y↑4

Da (Yes in Russian)

@CodaMission

3y↑24

The NKVD was a state security bureau that operated as Stalin's secret police. Basically political crimes that threatened his power. Their name, like many shadowy Soviet government names, was euphemistic and unassuming. "People's Bureau for Internal Affairs". Despite their uniform being similar, they were not military. They reported to the Ministry for Internal Affairs, not Defence

@johnjones_1501

3y↑10

@@CodaMission They also had their own army, and even their own navy. Though the later was more of a Russian version of the coast guard, and I think their "army" was designated as a border guard.

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@Southern_Crusader

3y↑1.2K

I love how those military guards just stood their like they didn’t care. They just stood there and followed orders when it was given to them. They were like Russian versions of the British Royal Guards!

@user-ot7wh6mh7n

3y↑152

Their job is simple. Follow orders of whoever in charge without questioning. Not get mixed up in political games on their own

@matthewriley7826

3y↑96

Most likely they were in on it. Zhukov probably deliberately placed them there while Beria had the NKVD find scapegoats for the massacre.

@galshaine2018

3y↑55

Well... It's not a direct enemy attack but very clearly a coup. In totalitarian regimes people quite often prefer to be passive. During the 1991 coup against Gorbachev the army was also confused and preferred not to take action, which helped the coups collapse.

@declangaming24

1y↑2

The guards guarding where relived

@atlantiswolf

1y↑7

@@galshaine2018 Well I saw this in a different comment section in this video, Beria had the loyalty of the NKVD, who wore blue caps, like you can see outside the building, but the ones in the room wore olive caps, denoting them as members of the Red Army, and likely under the command of Zhukov. So they probably knew what their job was before the coup took place.

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@arkwill14

2y↑161

0:27 - It's when Beria first hears about the "button" that he knows a coup is actually underway and he's seriously in danger. Great acting from Simon Russell Beale.

@sleeming88

2y↑97

0:48 I love the way that Zhukov forcefully marches over to Beria like an angry parent going to discipline a misbehaving child 😂

@johnmartin4119

3y↑378

0:48 I love how disappointed and annoyed Zhukov looks when he sees Beria trying to run away like a Bit€h instead of staying to fight and die like a man. He even puts down his AK-47 cause he knows he won’t need it

@knivez786

2y↑38

the double punch is what had me laughing

the way Beria head rocked back from the impact of the punch

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mst3KGf

2y↑22

Also later on when Beria gets executed by a shot to the head, he gives the soldier who did it a look that screams, "Hey, I wanted to do that!"

@twisted_nether373

So if you were about to die, you'd just give up and take the bullet? Sounds like what a bitch would do. Men usually prefer to survive.

@michaelgmitter1533

30w↑12

I love Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khruschev way more than I thought I would. But Jason Isaacs as Zhukov carries every scene he is in.

@wernervon5508

3y↑343

Beria: guards! guards!!
Zhukov: oi

@Thanasis_Koligliatis

3y↑9

At 0:48

@joncarr1200

3y↑4

👊🤜😵🤕

@michaellynes3540

3y↑8

Zhukov: Spill it out Georgy, we're staging a coup here.
Malenkov: He's got a knife by his ankle.

@joncarr1200

3y↑1

@@michaellynes3540 Beria: You're a disgrace!! 😡

@joncarr1200

3y↑2

@Muff Noudmiseni what did that have to do with anything?

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@Warmaker01

2y↑319

0:42 So hilarious when Zhukov enters with an AK, Kruschev stands up, begins to raise his hands, but first points to Beria, then proceeds to cover his ears expecting gunfire!
The added comedy of the NKVD barging in to see what was going on, only to see Zhukov and Red Army soldiers there, armed, and then try to run from the situation.

Beria & Yezhov's NKVD had torture and execution rooms made with inclined floors so that blood would easily run down into drains.

Beria got off easy for his execution.

@Riku-zv5dk

2y↑40

The funnier part is, if you pay attention to the NKVD guards, is they aren't investigating what is happening, they're bringing in snacks. There are four of them and one of the ones in the back is holding a tray with food on it. Apparently irl a couple of MVD, the successor tot he NKVD, did walk in on the coup but were talked into being quiet.

@Warmaker01

2y↑24

@@Riku-zv5dk You're absolutely correct, it makes it even more funny.
"I'm just bringing in snacks but I see the Red Army here with AK-47s"

@LordZontar

"You. Go and kill them."

@michaellynes3540

14w↑1

But Beria begged for the same mercy his victims begged for.

@f-14btomcat

3y↑375

Zhukov speaking with a British accent is freaking amazing.

@javierpatag3609

2y↑37

That's awesome, but I also like Khrushchev talking like a mobster from New Jersey.

@benrig89

2y↑19

I can't recall where I saw it but I heard that they gave him a Yorkshire accent to make it clear he was a 'man of the people' and that he didn't take any shit.

@benrig89

2y↑26

@@javierpatag3609 I saw an interview with the production where they said they deliberately chose the accents of the mains to match their character. Zhukov was Yorkshire, indicating he was a common man who didn't take any shit, Beria was Cockney indicating he was shiftless and untrustworthy (don't yell at me, that's just the stereotype) and Khrushchev was classic Brooklyn, indicating he was clever, resourceful and likely to survive the purges.

@mst3KGf

2y↑14

@@benrig89 Yes and Stalin has a Cockney accent due to his background as a poor Georgian peasant.

@njd2342

2y↑3

@@benrig89 A Brummie accent would have been funnier.

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@gavinvalle5653

2y↑25

The fact that this movie did NOT win the Academy Award for Best Picture is a travesty. This is one of the best movies of the last 10 years.

@mbaxter22

3y↑216

Such a satisfying scene. I like how Kruschev reverts back to Nucky Thompson for a minute when he gets Melonkov to sign the execution order.

@materialdialectics

44w↑16

So who else felt the need to come back and watch this today?

@CMY187

44w↑1

Yup.
Prigozhin was an idiot.

This is why all coups should start with you IMMEDIATELY securing the ruling office/building. Grab the heads of state, lock them up somewhere, and make sure they can’t send messages or make announcements without you standing off to the side pointing a gun or crossbow at them.

Prigozhin didn’t have anyone in the Kremlin who was willing to act on his behalf.

@raymondyee2008

3y↑671

Strange things do happen after the passing of Stalin.

@NoTraceOfSense

3y↑3

Is that a Saori cosplay?

@brandonlyon730

3y↑28

Things were just as crazy after Vladimir Lenin’s death, with Stalin and Trotsky.

@Oof-th5hz

3y↑2

Nice pfp bro

@adjeiboateng6720

@@brandonlyon730 Trotsky's alienation didn't help him

@PikkaBite

3y↑790

This movie is a masterpiece.

@maladetts

3y↑5

You gotta be shitting me, to call this spiteful caricature disgrace of Goebbelsian-like propaganda a "masterpiece".

@wtw1427

3y↑60

@@maladetts get a grip its a film

@maladetts

3y↑2

@@wtw1427
I very well know it's a trash travesty film, and not a painting. Go sober up before giving unnecessary reminders.

@wtw1427

3y↑60

@@maladetts alright little Stalinist, cant cope with someone taking the piss out of you beloved ussr?

@jigenstoklasa7737

3y↑7

@@maladetts Pretty sure Goebel's job was to make the common man target another group of common men.
This targets elite and alludes to the abuses of the elite onto the common. Very different.
Besides, Stalin's regime was a travesty, just as Lenin figured it would be.

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@schimmelfennig726

3y↑217

"I have been pitching this moment every day for the last three decades." ^^

@antred11

2y↑2

*picturing

@jennbaker6964

2y↑2

says the dude who did nothing to make it happen

@zamnodorszk7898

44w↑23

“Speak up, Georgey, staging a coup are you?”
Is the most hilarious line from Zhukov in this.

@craignedoff991

2y↑544

Zhukov could've been the Ulysses S. Grant of the Soviet Union, having first led his country's armies to victory, then assuming political power. He was not as ruthless as Kruschev, nor as politically connected. World history would have been much different with a General Secretary Zhukov.

@gregorylumban-gaol3889

2y↑124

Yes but political rivals stood at his way and he’s already seen the horrors of war. He doesn’t need more stress by entering politics. The good man just wanted to enjoy life afterwards. Was a close friend with Eisenhower and Ike sent him a fishing pole because Zhukov loved to fish.

It was said he used the fishing pole Eisenhower gifted him for the rest of his life.

@failtolawl

2y↑53

Grant didn't seize power in this soviet manner though, he was mild mannered and was propped up due to how unpopular Andrew Johnson was, if the Soviet system was close enough to the American one (where the leadership didn't have actual targets on their heads), then I'm sure Zhukov would have put more effort into being the leader.

@leezanda8430

2y↑21

He have no interest in ruling. He have the bearing of sovereign but decided to not use it. He was content seeing his soldiers fed and live well.

@LeonWagg

2y↑37

This is nothing but a wet dream of the west. You can think whatever you want about Zhukov as a military officer, but at the end of the day, he was part of that regime, and his loyalty is still to the communist party. In fact, Zhukov was even a more hard-line communist than Khrushchev. I mean, he was literally one of a few people in the leadership who supported military intervention in Hungary from the beginning, even when people like Khrushchev were skeptical. At the end of the day, the fact Zhukov was a communist just like the rest of them and although it would be interesting from a historical perspective having him as a leader of the Soviet Union, nothing much would change in terms of Soviet domestic policy or foreign policy.

@szellemikutmergezes9810

2y↑3

@@failtolawl JFK and Lincoln: Am i a joke to you?

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@kkonacreed8638

24w↑5

“Want a job done properly, call the army”😂😂😂I love this movie

@DisapprovingPigeon

3y↑818

"Staging a coup here"

Strangely relevant.

@nervesconcord

3y↑72

60 or so idiots smearing shit on a wall, nicking a podium and leaving when they got bored is hardly what I would call a vigorous attempt at a coup or subverting democracy. The six city blocks in Seattle last June that were taken over for a month by a figure as high as 10,000 on some days, that could definitely be considered an insurrection aimed at subverting democracy, but I doubt anyone who liked the above comment could refrain from performing the mental gymnastics required to disagree with me.

@kubikkuratko188

3y↑21

@@nervesconcord at first read i didnt understand what you meant then i realized you were talking about the raid on the white house not the coup in the burma which i thought prior comment meant.

@trenttrip6205

3y↑1

@@kubikkuratko188 hahahahahaha

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

3y↑6

Not really, stop being a drama Queen.

@DisapprovingPigeon

3y↑2

@@nervesconcord Well I don't think anyone believed it to be an actual "coup". I just thought that it was funny I found the video in my recommended feed just as I got home from work one night and read what was happening at the Capitol at the time, and I made an off-hand comment just before going to bed not really thinking anyone would care but clearly I was wrong. For the record, I know it wasn't a coup, your explanation or whatever was unnecessary. I know your comment is two months old but people still are commenting on this two months from now and I seemingly have to explain a comment I didn't think would need explaining lol

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@mrslavinator1057

3y↑130

I just noticed the guy behind Khrushchev in the shed when he is reading out Beria’s crimes is supposed to be Leonid Brezhnev. The same actor appears as Brezhnev later in the film too.

@anthonyfuqua6988

2y↑8

And in '64 Brezhnev toppled Kruschev. Gorbachev was only leader not trained under Stalin.

@Riku-zv5dk

2y↑1

@@anthonyfuqua6988 He was also the only one actually born in the USSR

@anthonyfuqua6988

2y↑5

@@Riku-zv5dk or born in Russia. Stalin was Georgian. Kruschev was Ukranian. Andropov and Chernenko I'm not sure about but yeah Gorbachev was born in Russia and StaLin was dead by time Gorbachev reached Moscow to be a party functionary. In his memoirs he stated he was never an orthodox Marxist-Leninist. But neither was China's greatest leader since 1949, Deng Xioping. Deng would be spinning in his grave if he could see the power Xi is accumulating. Deng was the most powerful person in China without having an official title. He wasnt general secretary, Premier, Leader of the Army. Nothing. They just called him paramount ruler of China. And he gave up power to his protege, corrupt protege Zhang Zhemin.

@anthonyfuqua6988

2y↑1

Zhang Zhemin is still alive. He is about 100 yrs old. He ruled from 92 to 2002.

@IrishCarney

2y↑2

@@anthonyfuqua6988 It was common in Communist nations for the real power to be wielded by someone without a title we'd expect. In Stalin's day, the USSR's formal head of state was Kalinin, and while it is globally common for heads of state to be figureheads, the Soviet head of government was also often not Stalin either. Stalin held the real power even when not head of government nor head of state.

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@modernsophist

2y↑79

Basically the death of Stalin (which occurred at the beginning of the film) was the death of Beria (which occurred at the end of the film); that the terror for which Stalin was known did not end with his death, but with Beria's death.

@danghoangluong2942

2y↑6

Beria was like Stalin's Iron fist

@Riku-zv5dk

@@danghoangluong2942 more like rabid dog, one even his owner was aware of how dangerous a mongrel he was.

@brucechmiel7964

2y↑4

@@danghoangluong2942 "My Himmler"-Stalin

@brucechmiel7964

2y↑4

Except the deaths did not stop. East German uprising, Poznan' protests, The Hungarian Revolution, to name a few. And Gulags and Siberian prison colonies still continued even to this day Though they are not called Gulags anymore.

@MrFusselig

Yeah, watch Death of Stalin and imagine the same stuff is still going on in the Kremlin today.

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@mongorians22

28w↑9

3:23 I love Steve Buscemi here, it's one of the best deliveries in the movie. When I first heard he was going to play Khrushchev I was skeptical but I'll be damned if he doesn't give perhaps the best performance in a movie absolutely stacked with top-class actors giving it their best.

@alexcruz7491

2y↑87

Zhukov being a mood during all the film.

@Stormtrooper-fv7dr

I absolutely love that they decided go over the top with how badass and masculine he is because in the case of Zhukov it really fits. You can actually go over the top there and don't look silly. And his hatred and strong desire to personally arrest Beria so on point!

@mclaughlinja1995

1y↑18

“Not with that you won’t” (holding his knife) kills me every time. The perfect response to Beria’s threat to peel the skin from his face. 😂

@oolooo

3y↑256

Historically , Malenkov did press the button

@yomer355

3y↑102

That's what they wrote down afterwards, yes. That's why this satire works, you can't be sure it wasn't really like that, since everything was documented in the "right" way.

@JR7noir

3y↑2

@@yomer355 bizarre.

@jennbaker6964

2y↑7

@@yomer355 exactly

@michaellynes3540

2y↑65

What happened was when Khrushchev loudly denounced Beria as an anti-communist and a western collaborator, the presidium erupted in rage. And before the votes were casted, Malenkov panicked, pressing the button under his desk.

@ajaysidhu471

@@michaellynes3540 and where did you find that information? Nikita Khrushchev lied during the infamous de-Stalinisation speech

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@Prauwlet213

2y↑55

3:25 this is such an important line, because it shows just what Beria did. Malenkov demands a trial when so many others never got one, the monster dies by his own ways, the bloody instructions plague the inventor, if you will

@ScareyHGV

3y↑84

If only Zhukov actually sounded like an angry Sheffielder! 😂 😂

@Zippsterman

2y↑11

"You want a job done properly, call the army."

Yeah that reputation has slipped a little

@monikapulvenkov7596

3y↑40

Spit it out Gorgy I'm staging a Coup here. I love how he says it so nonchalantly.

@vesicaful

2y↑18

'You need to have the proper paperwork when performing a violent coup.'- Section 2B of the Violent Coup Act.

@Groundsey

3y↑450

Tuckachevsky, who Khrushchev mentions to Malenkov, was a Soviet Red Army General and Armoured Warfare theorist who was killed during the Red Army purges.

@morepower1415

3y↑27

He was a brilliant General same as Zhukov, if Zhukov was on the list of purges well USSR is good as dead by the German Reich

@zachhoward9099

2y↑94

Had Marshal Tuckachevsky actually been listened to by Stalin and the Soviet military industrial complex moved to make more tanks to correspond with his brilliant work on armored warfare, the Germans could’ve quite possibly been stopped well short of where they advanced to in reality and quite possibly millions of lives could have been saved

@morepower1415

2y↑13

@@zachhoward9099 With Zhukov and Tuckachevsky together, they could even do more damage to the Germans
But if Kulik and Budyonny together? These 2 dumbass can do more damage to their own armies

@pyromania1018

2y↑88

His torture was so brutal that there were blood stains on the confession paper they made him sign. Zhukov pays homage to him and his ingenious theories in his memoirs, though he, for understandable reasons, didn't mention the purge.

@gregorylumban-gaol3889

2y↑2

@@morepower1415 Well no. Not really a great tactician if you look at his records. His opponents were mostly inferior to his army and it usually took him two attempts to defeat them. Out of all the Generals that was purged, only he actually fought his way up in the wars and even then, his record is average at best. You could say Stalin was purging some Generals who were incompetent in their jobs.

Zhukov was a far superior commander and he didn’t need Tuckachevsky. I don’t think there’s any doubt that if Tuckachevsky lived, the Germans would easily steamroll the army he commands.

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@augu345

3y↑46

I would love it , if they would really talked to each other in this manner.

"Who hanged the picture of my grandmother" 🤣

@mrven0m1

2y↑19

1:37 idk why but the music combined with the two sectors of government literally killing each other over a change in leadership is a perfect example of what a power struggle is

@soffa93

1y↑4

the switch from beria screaming at the top of his lungs and bashing the window to the gentle tapping outside slays me

@Damar158

2y↑120

'I'm going to enjoy peeling the skin of your self-satisfied face.'
'Not without this you won't'.

Just the sheer lacks of fuck Zhukov is giving to Beria's threats.

@USSEnterprise6126

If he can beat the nazis he doesn't care what that idiot says

@IrishCarney

2y↑5

Especially considering how cruel and powerful Beria was for decades, and how credible such threats were, right up to less than a minute before that threat was uttered.

@Strathclydegamer

2y↑4

He actually says “Not with that you won’t”, not only does he give no fucks, he’s mocking Beria’s ankle holstered letter opener 😂

@lorddoof3370

Well the threats of a corpse aren't really worth much.

@Silopriest

44w↑17

Can't wait for the sequel.

@John-rn1nm

3y↑608

Just because it's politically motivated does not mean the accusations aren't true. 😏🤷‍♂️

@longyu9336

3y↑73

The rape cases were likely factual

@John-rn1nm

3y↑107

@@longyu9336 Stalin himself was very wary of Beria.

@str2010

3y↑108

@@John-rn1nm yeah, when he heard beria was with his daughter, he immediately sent the nkvd to get her back

@s3c0nd1mpact

3y↑4

Tell that to Matt Gaetz.

@tcgvids5071

3y↑1

John Vincent Olmos, i like your logo

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@luib7701

3y↑39

0:50 Lucius Malfoy’s use of power tho. Draco would be proud

@Bardock7500x

3y↑5

Wtf i didn't realize that was Lucius until I saw your comment hahaha

@Kaarl_Mills

3y↑4

When "Wait till my father hears of this" is a legitimate threat and not an angsty rich boy who's never had to work a day in his life

@kotsaris87

2y↑38

This should have been a mini-series: so many amazing actors, so much material to be delivered!

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv

24w↑4

Outstanding film from start to finish. The entire film is its own highlights package. What struck me is how Steve Buscemi can switch from comedy to drama in a scene. But the cast is just beautiful. The appearance of Jason Isaacs’ Zhukov seemed to shift the narrative to top gear.
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@dhoendupgarne9471

2y↑67

"If you want a job properly done, call in the army!" Well, that hasn't aged well!

@Shadowman4710

2y↑19

To be fair, he was talking about the Red Army...

@Archedgar

2y↑1

@@Shadowman4710 which is infamously one of the worst in every regard except size.

@marseldagistani1989

2y↑4

@@Archedgar Hungarian Revolt, hello.
And the initial successes in Afghanistan.
(Though they don't count much since the Yanks were sore loosers and funded the Rebels, like the USSR funded the VC)

@Archedgar

@@marseldagistani1989 That's cute, leftist.
Let me know if you have an actual counter-argument though. The socialists (leftists) were/are shit at everything but especially military whether stalin or hitler.

@Spudtron98

2y↑5

Frankly, Zhukov's one of the reasons the army even bloody worked back then.

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@Charlie-ju7gf

2y↑8

I think this is one of the best movies of all time: Inspired directorship, cinematography, sound design, acting, actor selection etc. It seems so low key but does everything right. More please.

@FloraWest

If you haven't seen "In The Loop" yet, it's the same creator and if you loved this, you will love that as well.

@Charlie-ju7gf

2y↑1

@@FloraWest Thanks. I'll watch it.

@Thanasis_Koligliatis

3y↑463

1:25 - Ssoorry comrades, wrong room.
- Go and killed them, will you

@magmat0585

3y↑73

@KingArthurII The one thing? What, was the genocide of Ukrainians, political dissidents, and the middle class not enough?

@deadstareffect6763

3y↑6

@@magmat0585 this response is gold

@ivanrenic4243

3y↑16

That's the best part, the way he just casually says it and the soldier just nods without question, like: "Yo, no prob."

@USSEnterprise6126

2y↑3

@@magmat0585 the Ukrainian part of that is extremely relevant now

@Bluedog4712

3y↑40

Underrated but brilliant movie! My favorite character in this movie is Marshal Zhukov played by Jason Isaacs deliberately cast with a Yorkshire accent to emphasize the no nonsense plain speaking approach to everything…hilarious!

@HamburgerTime209

50w↑6

I love the detail of Zhukov taking off Beria’s belt, as this was a common way of preventing the escape of recently surrendered prisoners of war during WW2, a practice he’d be familiar with.

@harrisonshone7769

44w↑12

This video is going to receive a surge in viewership on June 23/24, 2023.

@sirholycow

2y↑92

So much respect to Zhukov, what a legend.

@norwegianboyee

38w↑4

I love the confident NKVD guys rushing into the room taking about 0.2 seconds to immediately lose their confidence and start pissing their pants when they see multiple army guys with AK's directly staring at them.

@Exodon2020

38w↑1

They knew they lost. Had they been first to react the situation would have likely been reversed and many of the turncoats within the Politbureau would have been sided with Beria instead to save their own skin.

@adamfaturrachman8957

3y↑188

"what button...?"

I mean, he's a Minister of Defense and supporting the coup but he doesn't know the detail of their own plan 😅

@Ghostkilla773

3y↑24

He wasn't technically in on the coup

@uusilm3245

afraid

@zealord9399

2y↑4

@@Ghostkilla773 I watch the movie and I think he in on the coup and support it but did not know the planned of the coup

@ANWRocketMan

2y↑14

In reality Malenkov pressed the button himself, apparantly after Beria questioned him on what was going on.

@CodaMission

3y↑37

I wonder if there was a way any of the NKVD guys could have made it out alive. If I had been one of them, I think I would have smirked at Beria and turned to Zhukov to say "orders, sir?"

@jakzak23

No chance. Zhukov would not trust you - NKVD was a soviet SS merged with FBI, they would have send you into the gulag, or killed you on sight.

@joshuasitzema9920

1y↑6

Not those three. They were all mid to high tier and so had a death warrant now. The guards at the gates would have been fine

@attackpatterndelta8949

2y↑11

“Take his belt off. It’s hard to run away with your pants falling down.”

I’m confident that Beria would not be able to outrun any of you, even with his pants up.

@markoprskalo6127

10w

Brezhnev was badass in this movie
I always wanted to be in this drama
I always wanted to be leader of USSR

@kris242

2y↑44

It’s just amazing to me how Iannucci can make even some of the darkest and serious topics absolutely fucking hilarious. And with such ease of not holding back on the “serious” part either. It’s just this brilliant method of “just make everyone involved a smart-mouthed buffoon.” ❤️ (Probably wasn’t too difficult in this case though 🤣)

@PopcornMax179

3y↑59

"Go and kill them will ya."

Fucking gold.

@imiltiades332

44w↑15

Moscow 2023 colorized

@pofromteletubbies1243

3y↑146

1:48 I want a 10 hours version of that sound

@dashfatbastard

2y↑7

This is an ENOURMOUSLY underrated film. It's worth seeing for the cast alone.

@andrewdias478

1y↑5

Love this movie. All the performances are great. The director told the actors to use their natural accents because he thought it would help the actors focus more on performing their character rather than just the accents.