The reason everyone speaks in their own accents was that given the size of the USSR all the characters would have regional accents so rather than have everyone do poor russian accents they were just allowed to speak with their normal voices
Yep! 😂 And as a history guy, I love it!The director felt if the actors used their own natural accents that the acting would be not only more natural and fluid, but also similarly reflect the vastness of the Soviet Union and the significant differences in daily speech, accents, and dialects, especially in the oxymoronic “ruling class” some of whom had never actually had a formal education despite their relatively high positions in the party. The final result being the use of Brummie, Cockney, Yorkshire, Scottish, and American accents to kinda recreate the experience for all English speaking viewers! And it’s hilarious, which also works 😂
Jason Isaacs used a Yorkshire accent because in his own words, "Yorkshire people are the bluntest people I know". Honestly, it's great fun just hearing him in Q&As about this film, he is wonderfully unpretentious. There was an interview with him and Andrea Riesborough (Svetlana) and after she gives this answer about all the research she did about playing her character, he said he saw a photo of the real Zhukov and all his medals and decided to play him as "a giant swinging d***". She didn't seem to know what to say at that point! The scary part of the film is a lot of the events are true. They've compressed timelines and rearranged events, but even things like the getting an audience to record a performance are real, they had to get three conductors in real life! The channel 'History Buffs' did a good break down
Subscribed! I’m glad you liked it! I loved Death of Stalin, I’m a bit of a history-nut myself and I loved how it generally stayed accurate, and only really differed for reasons that made sense in terms of telling the story; it stayed poignant when it needed too, while also making excellent comedy of the truly insane leadership struggle post-Stalin. Also - the reason for the accents (loved the Yorkshire Zhukov 😂) is that the director felt if the actors used their own natural accents that the acting would be not only more natural and fluid, but also similarly reflect the vastness of the Soviet Union and the significant differences in daily speech, accents, and dialects, especially in the oxymoronic “ruling class”, some of whom had never actually had a formal education despite their relatively high positions in the party. The final result being the use of Brummie, Cockney, Yorkshire, Scottish, and American accents to kinda recreate the experience for all English speaking viewers! And it’s hilarious, which also works 😂
Most of what happens in this film is accurate, just not necessarily in 1953. The opening incident with Stalin asking for a recording and the theater director redoing the performance and dragging people off the street did happen...but in 1944. By 53' when this film takes place, the purges had pretty much stopped, although what the film shows did happen in previous decades. The one purge that had been ongoing what that of the doctors in the early 1950's. The one thing that Hitler and Stalin had in common was they reaaaaaaaaaaaally didn't like Jews. As for the massacre of the mourners, that didn't happen. What did actually happen was that the crowd became unruly and eventually several thousand people were trampled to death because of panic but NKVD never opened fire on the crowds. Beria's attempted coup, and his overthrow didn't happen until several months after Stalin's death but time compression is a common "sin" in films. I generally find the complaints about everybody speaking in regional British and American accents to be rather silly since the so called "Russian" accent is what happens when Russian speakers try to speak English. I think Jason Issacs working class Yorkshire accent was pretty believable since Zhukov's family were peasants.
Jason Issacs said he used Brian Glover’s PE Teacher in Kes as a way to do Zhukov. Works too given the peasant background alongside the other main characters.
I foolishly watched this film for the first time on a crowded aeroplane, and couldn't stop myself from roaring with laughter the entire time. If anyone else who was on that flight ever reads this, I'm sorry.
Michael Palin is well known as the nicest man on Earth Lol. The accents were to reflect the size of the Soviet Union, I love that Stalin sounded like a Cockney Thug, so funny. Beria was worse than Heinrich Himmler and that's just what was recorded.
Brilliant film showing a condensed set of real events. I would recommend the film “A Very British Coup” it’s a wonderful depiction of a British prime minister upsetting the establishment and how they conflict. Well worth a watch, maybe even a reaction video.
What I found fascinating was how Zhukov was the Compleat Military Man... and the medals he wore had all been earned in combat. He didn't much care who was in charge as long as he could control the Soviet Army unfettered. His major beef was with Beria, whose NKVD forces had been supplanting his. So, in spite of his "above the fray" appearance, he was as sharp a political operator as anyone else in the Politburo.
General zhukov was Russias biggest war hero of ww2 and the only person who was unafraid to speak back to Stalin even. He was also a very prideful man and it's amazing he was humble enough to not seek higher power himself.
I love this. Any film banned by Putin can't be all bad. Zhukov was from peasant stock and worked his way up from a conscripted private in WWI to Marshall of the Soviet Union. The accent helps to accentuate the working class background. How many of your regulars were waiting for The Doctor to show up...?
I mean so were Stalin and many other members of the soviet leadership. A lot of them joined Lenin early because their lot in life otherwise would have been pretty awful.
Brilliant film. Coal-dark humour, and it's actually pretty accurate, albeit the events are condensed somewhat. I quote Jason Isaacs' Zukhov, on a near daily basis...
the reason Molotov (Michael Palins character) got his wife back so suddenly is very all over the place in the film, like the part where he was slagging her off and then switching his tune the next second. The real Molotov adored his wife and never stopped loving her and remained communists even till their dying days, he would also always ask Barier and Khrushchev if she was ok. How she was returned to him is something that was ignored in the film, on the day of Stalin's funeral it was also Molotov's birthday and during the wake, Barier and Khrushchev came to wish him a happy birthday and asked if he wanted anything to which he said all he wanted was his wife back and a week later she was returned to him.
great reaction! loved your facial expressions. 😂 i do wish your reaction clips were a couple seconds longer to show those expressions fully. but minor criticism, great reaction.
The absurdity is pretty spot on - I think the scene early on where Stalin's impersonator & his staff are being gently shepherded away to be killed is the most shocking
It's a beautifully shot film and I like Armando Iannucci's work but this just didn't connect. I hate posting negative comments but thin a few minutes the jokes became too predictable. I can understand the use of the regional accents but I just didn't think it added much to the comedy. This film was very much like The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes, I was really looking forward to both from the trailers but both ended up being a disappointment. Sorry.
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The reason everyone speaks in their own accents was that given the size of the USSR all the characters would have regional accents so rather than have everyone do poor russian accents they were just allowed to speak with their normal voices
Yep! 😂 And as a history guy, I love it!The director felt if the actors used their own natural accents that the acting would be not only more natural and fluid, but also similarly reflect the vastness of the Soviet Union and the significant differences in daily speech, accents, and dialects, especially in the oxymoronic “ruling class” some of whom had never actually had a formal education despite their relatively high positions in the party. The final result being the use of Brummie, Cockney, Yorkshire, Scottish, and American accents to kinda recreate the experience for all English speaking viewers! And it’s hilarious, which also works 😂
Apart from Jason Isaacs, who is def not from Yorkshire
@@funkyfranx I think Jason decided on the Yorkshire accent because of how blunt and straight talking Georgy Zhukov was.
8:12 you think that's _all_ his medals?? 🤣🤣🤣
I really like this movie. When they depict Marshal Zhukov they actually play down the amount of medals he wore on his chest if you can believe that.
Yep, that guy treated them like sequins!
It’s the only sign of superiority Stalin would recognize lmao
The accusations of rape towards Beria were probably 100% correct, the man was a monster and Stalin wouldn't even let his daughter be near him alone
Jason Isaacs used a Yorkshire accent because in his own words, "Yorkshire people are the bluntest people I know". Honestly, it's great fun just hearing him in Q&As about this film, he is wonderfully unpretentious. There was an interview with him and Andrea Riesborough (Svetlana) and after she gives this answer about all the research she did about playing her character, he said he saw a photo of the real Zhukov and all his medals and decided to play him as "a giant swinging d***". She didn't seem to know what to say at that point!
The scary part of the film is a lot of the events are true. They've compressed timelines and rearranged events, but even things like the getting an audience to record a performance are real, they had to get three conductors in real life! The channel 'History Buffs' did a good break down
Subscribed! I’m glad you liked it! I loved Death of Stalin, I’m a bit of a history-nut myself and I loved how it generally stayed accurate, and only really differed for reasons that made sense in terms of telling the story; it stayed poignant when it needed too, while also making excellent comedy of the truly insane leadership struggle post-Stalin.
Also - the reason for the accents (loved the Yorkshire Zhukov 😂) is that the director felt if the actors used their own natural accents that the acting would be not only more natural and fluid, but also similarly reflect the vastness of the Soviet Union and the significant differences in daily speech, accents, and dialects, especially in the oxymoronic “ruling class”, some of whom had never actually had a formal education despite their relatively high positions in the party. The final result being the use of Brummie, Cockney, Yorkshire, Scottish, and American accents to kinda recreate the experience for all English speaking viewers! And it’s hilarious, which also works 😂
Most of what happens in this film is accurate, just not necessarily in 1953. The opening incident with Stalin asking for a recording and the theater director redoing the performance and dragging people off the street did happen...but in 1944. By 53' when this film takes place, the purges had pretty much stopped, although what the film shows did happen in previous decades. The one purge that had been ongoing what that of the doctors in the early 1950's. The one thing that Hitler and Stalin had in common was they reaaaaaaaaaaaally didn't like Jews.
As for the massacre of the mourners, that didn't happen. What did actually happen was that the crowd became unruly and eventually several thousand people were trampled to death because of panic but NKVD never opened fire on the crowds. Beria's attempted coup, and his overthrow didn't happen until several months after Stalin's death but time compression is a common "sin" in films.
I generally find the complaints about everybody speaking in regional British and American accents to be rather silly since the so called "Russian" accent is what happens when Russian speakers try to speak English. I think Jason Issacs working class Yorkshire accent was pretty believable since Zhukov's family were peasants.
Jason Issacs said he used Brian Glover’s PE Teacher in Kes as a way to do Zhukov. Works too given the peasant background alongside the other main characters.
I've never seen a film that balanced horror and hiliarity so perfectly. I kept laughing and then kind of feeling guilty for laughing :)
I foolishly watched this film for the first time on a crowded aeroplane, and couldn't stop myself from roaring with laughter the entire time. If anyone else who was on that flight ever reads this, I'm sorry.
Michael Palin is well known as the nicest man on Earth Lol.
The accents were to reflect the size of the Soviet Union, I love that Stalin sounded like a Cockney Thug, so funny.
Beria was worse than Heinrich Himmler and that's just what was recorded.
Stalin reportedly referred to Beria as "My Himmler" on several occasions.
Brilliant film showing a condensed set of real events.
I would recommend the film “A Very British Coup” it’s a wonderful depiction of a British prime minister upsetting the establishment and how they conflict. Well worth a watch, maybe even a reaction video.
This movie was such a surprise when I saw it. It really showcased the absurdity of the Soviet system under Stalin. Loved every second.
What I found fascinating was how Zhukov was the Compleat Military Man... and the medals he wore had all been earned in combat. He didn't much care who was in charge as long as he could control the Soviet Army unfettered. His major beef was with Beria, whose NKVD forces had been supplanting his. So, in spite of his "above the fray" appearance, he was as sharp a political operator as anyone else in the Politburo.
8:12 funny enough, that's not all of Zhukov's medals. The producers reduced the amount he wore since it looked way to commical.
General zhukov was Russias biggest war hero of ww2 and the only person who was unafraid to speak back to Stalin even. He was also a very prideful man and it's amazing he was humble enough to not seek higher power himself.
I love this. Any film banned by Putin can't be all bad.
Zhukov was from peasant stock and worked his way up from a conscripted private in WWI to Marshall of the Soviet Union. The accent helps to accentuate the working class background.
How many of your regulars were waiting for The Doctor to show up...?
"Matilda" was pretty bad =)
I mean so were Stalin and many other members of the soviet leadership. A lot of them joined Lenin early because their lot in life otherwise would have been pretty awful.
Brilliant film. Coal-dark humour, and it's actually pretty accurate, albeit the events are condensed somewhat. I quote Jason Isaacs' Zukhov, on a near daily basis...
Simon Russell Beale is brilliant
the reason Molotov (Michael Palins character) got his wife back so suddenly is very all over the place in the film, like the part where he was slagging her off and then switching his tune the next second. The real Molotov adored his wife and never stopped loving her and remained communists even till their dying days, he would also always ask Barier and Khrushchev if she was ok. How she was returned to him is something that was ignored in the film, on the day of Stalin's funeral it was also Molotov's birthday and during the wake, Barier and Khrushchev came to wish him a happy birthday and asked if he wanted anything to which he said all he wanted was his wife back and a week later she was returned to him.
Funny thing is Jason Isaacs is from Liverpool, which means the Yorkshire accent was a CHOICE.
One of my favourite movies. ^_^ The blending of the comedy with the bleakness of the era is marvelous!
great reaction! loved your facial expressions. 😂
i do wish your reaction clips were a couple seconds longer to show those expressions fully. but minor criticism, great reaction.
I can't get enough of this film. It's perfect.
The absurdity is pretty spot on - I think the scene early on where Stalin's impersonator & his staff are being gently shepherded away to be killed is the most shocking
12:10 thank you! if you have your unedited footage to The Death of Stalin please post it! loved your reaction
8:12 they had to tone down the medals for the film as if they went for the full amount they were worried that people would think it's over the top
9:49 very casually
I really enjoyed you're reaction. Another good film on Stalin's death is The Inner Circle.
Such a good movie, the accents make it!
This movie was a hoot
I cannot keep British accents straight. So that what Yorkshire... I will not remember that. But Jason Isaacs was awesome in this movie.
It's interesting that the one Russian accent in the film is used by the pianist, arguably the narrative's only moral compass.
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There's quite a few historical inaccuracies in this film, but it is also very funny
Great reaction
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Makes you glad you were born in a better place than USSR.
fantastic film
It's a beautifully shot film and I like Armando Iannucci's work but this just didn't connect. I hate posting negative comments but thin a few minutes the jokes became too predictable. I can understand the use of the regional accents but I just didn't think it added much to the comedy. This film was very much like The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes, I was really looking forward to both from the trailers but both ended up being a disappointment. Sorry.