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Red Monarch

Red Monarch

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 16, 1983

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

47%

Original Title

Red Monarch

Production Companies

Enigma Productions, Goldcrest, Film4 Productions

Director

Jack Gold

Description

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"