Moscow, March 1953: in the days following the death of Joseph Stalin, countless citizens flood the Red Square to mourn their leader’s loss and witness his burial. The procession is captured by hundreds of cameramen, revealing in stark detail Stalin's cult of personality.

Although best know for dramas such as Donbass, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa has pieced together original footage, including television archives, to present a massively ambitious documentary showing a world that seems incredibly alien and yet scarily familiar at the same time.

"A chilling doc on the bizarre spectacle of the Russian people grieving over the death of Stalin... a wry piece of intelligent and measured filmmaking, it leaves an indelible mark, a powerful resonance that proves impossible to shake off." - Ed Gibbs, Little White Lies

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