Many think Brezhnev is looking over Kruschev because he’s power hungry and wants his spot, but he was actually holding back his insatiable desire to kiss people in power
Each one of them was a capable bastard, how else you survive through all the turmoil if revolution, into Stalin's administration through mass repressions and through world war?.
@@lordpolish2727 Perfect comment. I felt like a massive idiot until I accepted that that had to have been done purposefully. Brilliant movie, genuinely hilarious
These edits to show one character are great. I didn’t notice Brezhnev’s appearances earlier in the film. I just thought he made an appearance at the end. Thanks!
I’m with you, I thought it was some random red army general. I could research the accuracy of Brezhnev’s presence at this time in 1953, but that’ll ruin my enjoyment of the film
@@PHDiaz-vv7yo now that you saw it - while the film takes many liberties, Brezhniev was indeed one of the officers that came in with Zukhov to arrest Beria during the politburo meeting, making his appearence accurate.
Zhukov said once that getting rid of Beria was the best thing in his life that he did for his country, while he beat the germans so i guess it was pretty personal and wanted to do the job themselves.
@@szellemikutmergezes9810 tbh beria was literally Stalins Himmler, Zukov knew exactly how to deal with SS so I can't imagine how tough it was to control yourself whilst Beria was protected through Stalin. Stalin went, berias protection did too.
just because you were a general officer in the soviet army didnt mean you could laze around like in other capitalist countries, without purpose u were just disposable/replaceable
@@Preussenpenner I mean, Stalin never really trusted Beria, though. There is even a rumor that Beria was about to get purged before Stalin died. Some even believe that Beria had something to do with Stalin’s death and that Stalin was poisoned.
I like how the movie never outright says that it's Leonid Brezhnev. Even at the end we only get the text describing the events and Brezhnev looking at Khrushchev. But, if you know what he looked like, you recognize Brezhnev. And you can spot him often in the final part of the movie.
So good when historical movies leave out some easter eggs for history enthusiasts. They could've just placed an Unnamed soldier, but they did make it Brezhnev
Exactly that happened to me, I didn't notice him until the very end scene when I rewatched this movie for the 2nd time today, and spotted him staring at Nikita
It's really nice to see that reminder that the next generation of elites were the prior generation's hatchet men. You don't get to be on top of the shit heap without being an evil bastard.
2:18 Brezhnev looking over Kruschev while he's conducting the trial against Beria is a nice touch. Kruschev overthrows Beria and Brezhnev is there right behind him all along.
@@IntenseGamer105the same was done to kruschev in 1964, the politburo accused him of anti Soviet activity, trying to centralise power around himself. The same politburo that was under the leadership of one Brezhnev.
"Shoot him, na just fucking about" I swear the best lines come out of Zhukov the acting and the delivery is perfect. EDIT: Damn thank you for all the likes and its good see the algorithm is picking this video up such a golden movie!
@@DeNihility Well Zhukov was a bad ass, but he was a really serious guy in real life, not much of a joker. But Zhukov was the one man Stalin couldn't kill
You know, what I can't get over with this film as a russian speaker is just... how polite they are. I mean, there's a pretty big cultural difference between the UK and Russia when it comes to courtesy. it's just, no one would say 'guns, please, gentlemen'. It'd be 'sidearms, comrades', at most. for anyone of lower rank than these two, it'd just be 'sidearms', almost certainly. it's not like there's no such thing as tone or politeness in russian, but seeing the UK-english forms of it in this context is surreal.
As a fellow Russian speaker, can't help noting that most (if not all) of the higher-ups depicted in that film had grown up under the Russian Empire, when the social norms enforced through the society were different. From what I heard the difference had partially been caused by people brutalized by war and/or the prison system coming back to the country en masse during the late 40-s and the 50-s.
Yeah, I was once confronted by my Russian ex for being "fake" until we realised the cultural gulf between "polite" English speakers and "direct" Russian speakers.
As a native English speaker, I can tell you that none of these dudes come across as courteous to me. We have two kinds of polite: regular polite, and threatening polite. Threatening polite is where you use the rules of decorum as a cudgel to get what you want; British people do it reflexively.
Speaking as an English person, the "please, gentlemen" etc. is absolutely ironic and is taken to be domineering. And it's still that way in modern Britain in organisations. Excessive politeness is, in fact, threatening.
For anyone interested, the General accompanying Brezhnev at 0:14 is General Kirill Moskalenko, the Commanding General of the Moscow Military District who participated in Beria’s arrest. The bald man warming his hands next to Zhukov at 2:38 is Marshal Ivan Konev, the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces who also participated in Beria’s trial. As previously stated, Brezhnev was not present in this event, but it was instead General Pavel Batitsky, who was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces and was chosen by Khrushchev to personally shoot Beria, who for some reason is shot by a random soldier possibly for comedic reasons. At 2:54, the two men standing next to Brezhnev, in front of Malenkov, are Nikolai Shvernik, the Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, and, as previously theorized by @ludriq7097, possibly Alexei Kosygin, the Minister for Industrial Goods and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers - both of which participated in Beria’s trial and execution. The general opposite Brezhnev could be Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, who brought about the arrest of Beria.
Brezhnev's role in the post-Stalin early days is pretty complicated. It's unclear from what I've read how big a role he had in reality in Beria's downfall, but he DID join Khrushchev in ousting multiple Stalinist forces in the party (including Malenkov eventually). What's scary is that had Brezhnev and others not stood their ground, Stalin's legacy could have been rehabilitated after Khrushchev's ousting in 1964 (some in the Party wanted it completely restored from what I've been reading). As messy as the Soviet Union was, the world is lucky it didn't take a MUCH worse turn on several occasions.
Lol the Soviet Union was like a neatly organized chaotic mess somehow, like if they somehow didn’t function even worse they could’ve been the cause of the downfall or destruction of humanity
@@roronoazoro2970 We should be thankful though that it was the Soviets with the thousands of nukes, and not Mao's Communist China! Even Brezhnev and Khrushchev both thought Mao was insane, and for good reason. He would have gladly blown the world up if it meant glory for Chinese Communism and himself.
@M J that Works in México too, Secretary of Defense is always an active general within the army, as Well as the Secretary of Navy, there's also Civilian offices with uniform regulation, as the US Surgeon General
Brezhnev was really a guy, who just waited until the time has come and after he won in this game of thrones, when all other good players were dead. Nice person
ironically it was largely his own actions that set the Soviet Union on a collision course with its ultimate fate. Under his leadership the USSR stagnated in alot of areas, most critically stagnated economically and got involved in a disastrous war in Afghanistan. After Brezhnev the Soviet Union's collapse was unavoidable no matter what Gorbachev did. Brezhnev really is the one man responsible for the majority of the Soviet Union's problems that caused its downfall
@@natemorrow2911 Arguably the USSR's problems were structural, not the work of any particular leader (although Brezhnev was indeed lousy). The Soviet Union was, officially, a federal union of sovereign member states with the right to secede. But for most of its history this sovereign right of states to leave along with Soviet federalism was entirely theoretical. The State was ruled by a small group of men from Moscow and all "members" had to follow their orders. It'd be like all 50 US Governors being forced to follow the orders of the White House. The moment Gorbachev allowed the theoretical to become real and permit the 15 Republics to secede (as was legal under the Soviet constitution) the Union collapsed rapidly. Putin has spoken of this in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine, describing Lenin's decision to create a federal state as ensuring the Soviet Union would eventually fall. And of course Putin was entirely correct, the seeds of its collapse were sown in the Union Treaty establishing the USSR. Modern China observed this play-out and why it so ruthlessly stamps out any hint of anything other than a single, unitary Chinese state run from the time. Not even federal in theory.
@@natemorrow2911"muh stagnation" in 1985 the USSR had a 2% economic growth rate, western europe had 0.011%. the economy was at Its absolute peak under brezhnev so was everything about the USSR. You idiots spout dogshit without even knowing anything about the Topic.
@@SirNilzey Your point? I liked the movie as a comedy, but smooth brained idiots and right wingers (the same thing to be honest. I you're not on the left you're an idiot) think it's realistic. It's not at all.
@@SirNilzey And no I disagree with "Stalin did nothing wrong". He did plenty wrong. Churchill did more wrong though as did 99% of leaders during the 1930s and 1950s Stalin was bad, 80% of the rest was worse
He only has a few lines but he is such a ominous presence in the movie. A reminder that in the USSR, the one to backstab you is always around the corner.
One aspect I love about this movie is pretty much the entire leadership had different accents. That was true back in the day because they were from all over the Soviet Union. Brezhnev was Ukranian, Stalin was Georgian, etc...
Brezhnev was Jewish, it's proved. His real name is Leopold Kaminsky. He took the "Brezhnev" surname from his Russian neighbour from communal apartment. Lenin was too, as Andropov (Flekenstein)...
@@woefulfisher a Ukrainian Jew, who Brezhnev was most likely, definitely can have a Ukrainian accent. One great example is Dmytro Hordon. Ethnic Jew, very Ukrainian with strong Ukrainian accent, which correlates with Scottish in this movie.
1:01 That could have come from the actual Brezshnev. He was rumored to have been quite a ladies man, and as a relatively young man in a nice uniform (not to mention the utter lack of men in the USSR) to have had quite a time after WW2.
It's important to note here that these earlier scenes aren't explicitly stated to be Brezhnev, I don't even know if the actors are the same but if it is supposed to be Brezhnev they got it right. He was a major general and thus had a different uniform than the marshals, The hat was different, less medals, and the shoulder rank had one small star denoting major general rather than the big stars marshal had. Brezhnev never participated in Beria's Arrest, or did well. Much of anything, but this would be a cool case of artistic license judging by the film's choices in serving the story.
Blimey, I didn't realize it was him. I didn't find any source regarding his role in the arrest of Beria, is there any source confirming he participated?
There is indeed a lot of artistic license for expediency's sake and also certain events ever so slightly exaggerated (or in the case of zhukov's medals, actually diminished). The core historical aspects are still there, as in by and large all these events happened but the details are fudged for comedy's sake. As already stated, there will have been certain shots and character inclusions made to be symbolic. It's like the different accents which some people might not catch onto: Stalin is east london, zhukov is a Yorkshireman, Khrushev is American etc like, not only does it portray how vast Russia was and all the different backgrounds but it also kind of mirrors actual British held ideas about the people who have those accents. Stalin as a cockney is basically an old school east london gangster, zhukov is no nonsense and hard as fucking nails, Khrushev is ever the opportunist etc. Lots of additional meanings and symbolism rife in this damned good film.
Creative licence I guess. I think maybe they added him in so the scene at the end where it states he took over in 1964 makes more sense. Or they just figured they already had an actor play him for that scene, so they might as well just use him as a bit of an extra while they're at it. And I think it just works for the movie. Even if he wasn't technically there in real life, he was a pretty high ranking general with a big reputation from the ww2 days. So I guess it's plausible enough that Zhukov would get him involved.
@@b.elzebub9252 Well, he had that reputation blown up after he became general secretary. He wasn't THAT important participant, he was always a political protégé. And also, by this time he was a major general, that's 1 star, not the top of the top. But he did love to be praised after becoming leader of the CCCP, got so many medals, people joked he even got the "Heroic City" and "Heroic Mother" decorations.
I had no idea that he was Brezhnev until the end. Guess that was the point I suppose, the person coming for the top spot is the one you usually don't notice.
3:19 - This ending was so well coreographed. I think that he wasn't identified until this moment. Leaves a taste of "i'll finish this work, but i'll tell you, this isn't the end."
Notice how he hands over his Tokarev. He takes the time to grab the barrel/slide and hand it over properly, the guy with him hands his over while still grasping the grip
When they said they wished stalin was here they really meant it. Stalin wanted Beria dead extremely so but Beria was way too powerful within the Soviet Union to be able to do so. He tried two times to destroy Beria and twice he failed.
Well. True. But I rather have a prequel about Stalins rise to power, how soviet Russia was in the midst of being established as a country. But Lenin dies of a stroke and the power vacuum is being challenged between Trotsky and Stalin.
It took me the longest time to realize Leonid was even in the movie, and even then I only thought it was the last shot. It's cool how much detail there is in this movie, that you don't notice at first
Oh and btw Star you hate Putin for being dictator yet daddy zelensky the literal second coming of Jesus Christ just banned all political opposition killed political opposition before the war and literally calls for ww3 with NATO going to war with russia Not to mention the fact that the general Russian people support Putin deposing him would go against your "democractic" values since the people love him and support the annexation and you saying its muh disinformation is just cope
You should make one about whoever Paul Ready plays. I’m not quite sure what person exactly he is supposed to be, but he shows up as an NKVD officer several times across the movie, so I think that may be neat to see.
ngl i never knew that soldier was Brezhnev lol. I thought he just appeared at the very end as a cameo, but instead he was in the entire last third of the movie lmfao
Always thought the he only appeared in that final scene. I was wrong lol. Thanks for the edit. Wonder why they didn't make an introduction for him as well, maybe a smaller, simpler without music just to be aware of his presence
Yeah I thought it’s a stretch to say this guy was Brezhnev. This guy is clearly military and while Brezhnev was in the Red Army during WW2, it was mostly a political role and he was out by Stalin’s death. I guess it’s cool that he’s there but it honestly more confusing than interesting
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Many think Brezhnev is looking over Kruschev because he’s power hungry and wants his spot, but he was actually holding back his insatiable desire to kiss people in power
Sp he wanted to hold himself from giving a Sicilian kiss?
(I wager Brezhnev kissed Zhukov)
Ok that made me laugh harder than I should’ve.
@@MultiAirsoftjunkie Brezhnev kissing Zhukov?
Brezhnev did do that, DISGUSTING! 🤮
@@adambaum9732 I fail to see the problem
Turns out the one thing funnier than Zhukov being an angry Yorkshireman is Brezhnev being a Scottish.
Scot not Scottish. Grammar people
This is a joke for those eejits who can't tell
I know Yorkshire is a big county , but I didn,t know it was that BIG !
@@andrewjacobs3219 The bigger the country the smaller the dogs! Or is it the other way... or...
hootmannn
Zhukov is from Manchester not Yorkshire
One of only two works of fiction to depict Brezhenev as a badass. The other being his memoirs.
XDDD brilliant
Lol
This was a good laugh thank you
Each one of them was a capable bastard, how else you survive through all the turmoil if revolution, into Stalin's administration through mass repressions and through world war?.
This sounds like a joke reagan would make
The eyebrows should have been larger. LARGER! Long live the glorious eyebrows of Brezhnev!
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLES EYEBROWS!!!!!!!!!
and not enough drinking!
@@Jan-jc4rx Yes. More vodka, gotta have more vodka, give me MORE VODKA.
brova they called him
And not enough reckless driving. Nixon found out just HOW dangerous getting in a car with him was.
i actually never realized he was there the whole time until the credit scene
Funnily enough that’s probably on purpose, because that’s exactly how Kruschev must have felt when he was removed by him
@@lordpolish2727 Perfect comment. I felt like a massive idiot until I accepted that that had to have been done purposefully. Brilliant movie, genuinely hilarious
@@lordpolish2727it’s definitely on purpose because they don’t give him an intro despite him being a very significant part of Soviet history
Same. I thought he only appeared in the last scene.
So many hidden jems in this movie, the way Brezhnev gazes over Kruschev when it mentions he would eventually take over is a super nice touch.
Agree.
"The rat symbolises obviousness"
Wow so subtle….
@@elsecaller-jacob8346 ok
@@justinbailey8976 the milk is socialism
These edits to show one character are great. I didn’t notice Brezhnev’s appearances earlier in the film. I just thought he made an appearance at the end. Thanks!
How did you not notice our great leader noticeable eyebrows
I’m with you, I thought it was some random red army general. I could research the accuracy of Brezhnev’s presence at this time in 1953, but that’ll ruin my enjoyment of the film
I agree. When he appeared at the end, I was trying to figure out if I had seen him anywhere in the movie. This solves the mystery for me.
SAME HERE! fuck I LOVE this movie!
@@PHDiaz-vv7yo now that you saw it - while the film takes many liberties, Brezhniev was indeed one of the officers that came in with Zukhov to arrest Beria during the politburo meeting, making his appearence accurate.
I love it how the Soviet Marshalls, a literally 5 Star General of a superpower military-centered country, do all the hardworking job by themself here.
Zhukov said once that getting rid of Beria was the best thing in his life that he did for his country, while he beat the germans so i guess it was pretty personal and wanted to do the job themselves.
Must be that Russian tradition.
@@szellemikutmergezes9810 tbh beria was literally Stalins Himmler, Zukov knew exactly how to deal with SS so I can't imagine how tough it was to control yourself whilst Beria was protected through Stalin. Stalin went, berias protection did too.
just because you were a general officer in the soviet army didnt mean you could laze around like in other capitalist countries, without purpose u were just disposable/replaceable
@@Preussenpenner I mean, Stalin never really trusted Beria, though. There is even a rumor that Beria was about to get purged before Stalin died. Some even believe that Beria had something to do with Stalin’s death and that Stalin was poisoned.
I like how the movie never outright says that it's Leonid Brezhnev. Even at the end we only get the text describing the events and Brezhnev looking at Khrushchev. But, if you know what he looked like, you recognize Brezhnev. And you can spot him often in the final part of the movie.
all you really have to do is look for the eyebrows
So good when historical movies leave out some easter eggs for history enthusiasts. They could've just placed an Unnamed soldier, but they did make it Brezhnev
Exactly that happened to me, I didn't notice him until the very end scene when I rewatched this movie for the 2nd time today, and spotted him staring at Nikita
It's really nice to see that reminder that the next generation of elites were the prior generation's hatchet men. You don't get to be on top of the shit heap without being an evil bastard.
Top 10 eyebrows of the Soviet Union
Number 1: Brezhnev
Number 2: Nobody, cause nobody get's even close to Brezhnev.
2:18 Brezhnev looking over Kruschev while he's conducting the trial against Beria is a nice touch. Kruschev overthrows Beria and Brezhnev is there right behind him all along.
1964 OCtober: Brezhnev accuse Kruschev treason and anti Soviet Behaviour and he was forced to retire.
@@Emily-5124 November 1982: God accuses Brezhnev of treason and anti-Soviet behaviour, finds him guilty, and sentences him to cardiac arrest
He’s clearly looking at Beria as he shakes his head when he reads his crimes
@@vulpes7079рассказывай - к чему тебя Боженька приговорит? 😡👊
@@IntenseGamer105the same was done to kruschev in 1964, the politburo accused him of anti Soviet activity, trying to centralise power around himself. The same politburo that was under the leadership of one Brezhnev.
Fuck, he was there for the entire movie? How did I miss his glorious eyebrows
Death of Stalin, but it's the entire movie.
I'd watch that
@@UnlistedThoughts I already did
"Shoot him, na just fucking about" I swear the best lines come out of Zhukov the acting and the delivery is perfect.
EDIT: Damn thank you for all the likes and its good see the algorithm is picking this video up such a golden movie!
Yeah Isaacs was loving every second of it. Zhukov was a bona fide badass in real life, too.
Isaacs' portrayal of Zhukov is my headcanon on how he was IRL, and nobody can change my mind.
that was a dangerous fucking prank lol
@@DeNihility Well Zhukov was a bad ass, but he was a really serious guy in real life, not much of a joker. But Zhukov was the one man Stalin couldn't kill
@@asherhayes2429 exactly. He’d lose the Army and that would have been the premature end of Stalin
I love how hes just an NPC extra untill the end when they reveal he is the next in line
You know, what I can't get over with this film as a russian speaker is just... how polite they are. I mean, there's a pretty big cultural difference between the UK and Russia when it comes to courtesy. it's just, no one would say 'guns, please, gentlemen'. It'd be 'sidearms, comrades', at most. for anyone of lower rank than these two, it'd just be 'sidearms', almost certainly. it's not like there's no such thing as tone or politeness in russian, but seeing the UK-english forms of it in this context is surreal.
Thats pretty funny tbh
As a fellow Russian speaker, can't help noting that most (if not all) of the higher-ups depicted in that film had grown up under the Russian Empire, when the social norms enforced through the society were different. From what I heard the difference had partially been caused by people brutalized by war and/or the prison system coming back to the country en masse during the late 40-s and the 50-s.
Yeah, I was once confronted by my Russian ex for being "fake" until we realised the cultural gulf between "polite" English speakers and "direct" Russian speakers.
As a native English speaker, I can tell you that none of these dudes come across as courteous to me. We have two kinds of polite: regular polite, and threatening polite. Threatening polite is where you use the rules of decorum as a cudgel to get what you want; British people do it reflexively.
Speaking as an English person, the "please, gentlemen" etc. is absolutely ironic and is taken to be domineering. And it's still that way in modern Britain in organisations. Excessive politeness is, in fact, threatening.
For anyone interested, the General accompanying Brezhnev at 0:14 is General Kirill Moskalenko, the Commanding General of the Moscow Military District who participated in Beria’s arrest.
The bald man warming his hands next to Zhukov at 2:38 is Marshal Ivan Konev, the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces who also participated in Beria’s trial.
As previously stated, Brezhnev was not present in this event, but it was instead General Pavel Batitsky, who was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces and was chosen by Khrushchev to personally shoot Beria, who for some reason is shot by a random soldier possibly for comedic reasons.
At 2:54, the two men standing next to Brezhnev, in front of Malenkov, are Nikolai Shvernik, the Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, and, as previously theorized by @ludriq7097, possibly Alexei Kosygin, the Minister for Industrial Goods and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers - both of which participated in Beria’s trial and execution.
The general opposite Brezhnev could be Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, who brought about the arrest of Beria.
2:54 i believe next to Brezhnev are Suslov and Kosygin
Thank you!😮
I’ll take the tall blonde 😂 that line always gets me
I use that ever single time I go to the gun range now even when talking about handguns
I was in the Army and you bet your ass I said it every time I got handed a weapon.
Brezhnev's role in the post-Stalin early days is pretty complicated. It's unclear from what I've read how big a role he had in reality in Beria's downfall, but he DID join Khrushchev in ousting multiple Stalinist forces in the party (including Malenkov eventually). What's scary is that had Brezhnev and others not stood their ground, Stalin's legacy could have been rehabilitated after Khrushchev's ousting in 1964 (some in the Party wanted it completely restored from what I've been reading). As messy as the Soviet Union was, the world is lucky it didn't take a MUCH worse turn on several occasions.
Lol the Soviet Union was like a neatly organized chaotic mess somehow, like if they somehow didn’t function even worse they could’ve been the cause of the downfall or destruction of humanity
Stalinism was the only way to go for the USSR for atleast a few decades after WW2.
Funny how both Khrushchev and Brezhnev were Ukrainian
@@roronoazoro2970 We should be thankful though that it was the Soviets with the thousands of nukes, and not Mao's Communist China! Even Brezhnev and Khrushchev both thought Mao was insane, and for good reason. He would have gladly blown the world up if it meant glory for Chinese Communism and himself.
Sources?
“Spit it out, Georgy! Staging a coup here...”
0:51 I love how they tried to make English look Russian
I've seen this movie like 3 times. I did not notice that leonid was working in the army throughout the conspiracy. that Is brilliant.
Me too man
@M J that Works in México too, Secretary of Defense is always an active general within the army, as Well as the Secretary of Navy, there's also Civilian offices with uniform regulation, as the US Surgeon General
Ah yes Brezhnev, the original uni-brow.
I serve the soviet unibrow
Love the end where you already see the gears turning in Brezhevs head
Brezhnev was really a guy, who just waited until the time has come and after he won in this game of thrones, when all other good players were dead. Nice person
ironically it was largely his own actions that set the Soviet Union on a collision course with its ultimate fate. Under his leadership the USSR stagnated in alot of areas, most critically stagnated economically and got involved in a disastrous war in Afghanistan. After Brezhnev the Soviet Union's collapse was unavoidable no matter what Gorbachev did. Brezhnev really is the one man responsible for the majority of the Soviet Union's problems that caused its downfall
@@natemorrow2911 All very true. Still, the world is better off without the USSR. Russia most of all.
@@natemorrow2911 Arguably the USSR's problems were structural, not the work of any particular leader (although Brezhnev was indeed lousy). The Soviet Union was, officially, a federal union of sovereign member states with the right to secede. But for most of its history this sovereign right of states to leave along with Soviet federalism was entirely theoretical. The State was ruled by a small group of men from Moscow and all "members" had to follow their orders. It'd be like all 50 US Governors being forced to follow the orders of the White House.
The moment Gorbachev allowed the theoretical to become real and permit the 15 Republics to secede (as was legal under the Soviet constitution) the Union collapsed rapidly. Putin has spoken of this in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine, describing Lenin's decision to create a federal state as ensuring the Soviet Union would eventually fall. And of course Putin was entirely correct, the seeds of its collapse were sown in the Union Treaty establishing the USSR. Modern China observed this play-out and why it so ruthlessly stamps out any hint of anything other than a single, unitary Chinese state run from the time. Not even federal in theory.
I thought that by the time he got to the top he was semi brain dead due to circulation problems.
@@natemorrow2911"muh stagnation" in 1985 the USSR had a 2% economic growth rate, western europe had 0.011%. the economy was at Its absolute peak under brezhnev so was everything about the USSR. You idiots spout dogshit without even knowing anything about the Topic.
This movie overstates Brezhnev's role almost as much as his book on Malaya Zemlya.
The entire movie is wildly inaccurate. Cynical Historian did a video about it
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan It is a movie in which Stalin sounds like he comes right out of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, no shit Sherlock.
@@SirNilzey Your point? I liked the movie as a comedy, but smooth brained idiots and right wingers (the same thing to be honest. I you're not on the left you're an idiot) think it's realistic. It's not at all.
@@SirNilzey And no I disagree with "Stalin did nothing wrong". He did plenty wrong. Churchill did more wrong though as did 99% of leaders during the 1930s and 1950s
Stalin was bad, 80% of the rest was worse
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan what are ypu talking about?
"Shoot him..."
"Nah I'm just fucking around." 😂😂😂
I have to say that for how he looked in the 1950’s, that actor for Brezhnev really does look like him.
He only has a few lines but he is such a ominous presence in the movie. A reminder that in the USSR, the one to backstab you is always around the corner.
"I'm this close to examining the content of your fucking stomach"
What a badass way to say I'm gonna beat the shit out of you
One aspect I love about this movie is pretty much the entire leadership had different accents. That was true back in the day because they were from all over the Soviet Union. Brezhnev was Ukranian, Stalin was Georgian, etc...
Brezhnev was Jewish, it's proved. His real name is Leopold Kaminsky. He took the "Brezhnev" surname from his Russian neighbour from communal apartment.
Lenin was too, as Andropov (Flekenstein)...
@@woefulfisher a Ukrainian Jew, who Brezhnev was most likely, definitely can have a Ukrainian accent. One great example is Dmytro Hordon. Ethnic Jew, very Ukrainian with strong Ukrainian accent, which correlates with Scottish in this movie.
1:01 That could have come from the actual Brezshnev. He was rumored to have been quite a ladies man, and as a relatively young man in a nice uniform (not to mention the utter lack of men in the USSR) to have had quite a time after WW2.
It's important to note here that these earlier scenes aren't explicitly stated to be Brezhnev, I don't even know if the actors are the same but if it is supposed to be Brezhnev they got it right. He was a major general and thus had a different uniform than the marshals, The hat was different, less medals, and the shoulder rank had one small star denoting major general rather than the big stars marshal had. Brezhnev never participated in Beria's Arrest, or did well. Much of anything, but this would be a cool case of artistic license judging by the film's choices in serving the story.
The script and credits say that it is Brezhnev.
Those eyebrows are on point.
Blimey, I didn't realize it was him. I didn't find any source regarding his role in the arrest of Beria, is there any source confirming he participated?
Couldn't find anything either when I looked it up. Probs just some artistic licence since Brezhnev sided with Khrushchev.
I have read before that he participated in the coup, he was quite high ranking in the post war era.
There is indeed a lot of artistic license for expediency's sake and also certain events ever so slightly exaggerated (or in the case of zhukov's medals, actually diminished). The core historical aspects are still there, as in by and large all these events happened but the details are fudged for comedy's sake. As already stated, there will have been certain shots and character inclusions made to be symbolic. It's like the different accents which some people might not catch onto: Stalin is east london, zhukov is a Yorkshireman, Khrushev is American etc like, not only does it portray how vast Russia was and all the different backgrounds but it also kind of mirrors actual British held ideas about the people who have those accents. Stalin as a cockney is basically an old school east london gangster, zhukov is no nonsense and hard as fucking nails, Khrushev is ever the opportunist etc. Lots of additional meanings and symbolism rife in this damned good film.
Creative licence I guess. I think maybe they added him in so the scene at the end where it states he took over in 1964 makes more sense. Or they just figured they already had an actor play him for that scene, so they might as well just use him as a bit of an extra while they're at it. And I think it just works for the movie. Even if he wasn't technically there in real life, he was a pretty high ranking general with a big reputation from the ww2 days. So I guess it's plausible enough that Zhukov would get him involved.
@@b.elzebub9252 Well, he had that reputation blown up after he became general secretary. He wasn't THAT important participant, he was always a political protégé. And also, by this time he was a major general, that's 1 star, not the top of the top.
But he did love to be praised after becoming leader of the CCCP, got so many medals, people joked he even got the "Heroic City" and "Heroic Mother" decorations.
I had no idea that he was Brezhnev until the end. Guess that was the point I suppose, the person coming for the top spot is the one you usually don't notice.
How did I miss this the first time, thanks for this video!
The Death of Stalin is a masterpiece of a movie, imagine if they made a similar movie but with the Germans
Hitler's death wasn't that comical and with grotesque consequences
They could have done something with the killing of Ernst Rohm maybe
A movie about Death of Mao would be humorous.
Downfall is the movie you're looking for. It's not a comedy but it's also a masterpiece
The Death of Caesar, anyone?
Even in a video about Brezhnev Zhukov still manages to steal the show.
😁
This movie is fantastic, when comedy meets reality.
Then Brezhnev pops up at the end, it's icing on the cake.
Jason Issacs was absolutely brilliant as Zhukov
3:19 - This ending was so well coreographed. I think that he wasn't identified until this moment. Leaves a taste of "i'll finish this work, but i'll tell you, this isn't the end."
1:05 😂 they came so close to pulling the triggers
Notice how he hands over his Tokarev. He takes the time to grab the barrel/slide and hand it over properly, the guy with him hands his over while still grasping the grip
The Yorkshire accent for Zhukov fucking tops
Bonus points for Mikhail Suslov on Brezhnev's right at the end
On his left you mean ?
@@arthurs4093 On his right, on the viewer's left.
Kosygin is there too
When they said they wished stalin was here they really meant it. Stalin wanted Beria dead extremely so but Beria was way too powerful within the Soviet Union to be able to do so. He tried two times to destroy Beria and twice he failed.
I would very much enjoy a sequel about Brezhnev’s rise to power and the ousting of khrushchev
Well. True. But I rather have a prequel about Stalins rise to power, how soviet Russia was in the midst of being established as a country. But Lenin dies of a stroke and the power vacuum is being challenged between Trotsky and Stalin.
There is not much to it kruschev proves himselfs an idiot and the central comittee decideds to remove him.
The chad ex commissar vs the virgin ex NKVD chief
Excellent movie although I'm thoroughly dissapointed in Brezhnevs eyebrows. They should have been twice as big at least.
Am I the only one who had no idea that Brezhnev was in the movie (except the ending)? I thought that guy was just some random general
I love how they had Tambor play Malenkov
"Spit it out, Jorgi! Stagin' a coup 'ere!"
never recognized Brezhnev until the very end of the movie I didn’t realize he was in the rest of the movie. Makes a lot more sense now
“I’ll take the tall blonde”
Somebody said Brezhnev had "weapons grade eyebrows". I can't watch this movie and not remember that.
Brezhnev and his voice over radio and tv always find itself #1 in Soviet nostalgia.
It took me the longest time to realize Leonid was even in the movie, and even then I only thought it was the last shot. It's cool how much detail there is in this movie, that you don't notice at first
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1:11 Bulganin's "for fuck's sake" 😂😂😂
1:53
Beria: I examine article-
Brezhnev: Disclose the examine the contents of your fucking stomach
Random dude: ehehehehe
That cheeky laugh was hilarious
Brezhnev is the legend
Brezhnev was badass in this movie
That's not what Brezhnev is saying, though.
Marshal Voroshilov wasn't featured in this film. He was one of Stalin's henchmen.
Sounds like a great idea for a sequel with how Brezhnev took over from Khrushchev.
Lately there has been a lot of noise about Frida Kahlo- her eyebrow was a big as Leonids and she had a bigger mustache too.
As a Mexican i confirm Frida Kahlo is the lost sister of Brezhnev
@@Arguingpit93 I thought so!
"I'm this close to examining the contents of your fuckin stomach"
R.I.P Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982)
It was a genius move to make the whole red army a bunch of north england frat boys.,
Huh I never realised that that officer was Brezhnev
Finally, the Brezhnev cut.
Russian Generals need to recreate the Beria Trial, but with Putin instead, same verdict though.
Don't worry. When the war is over, NPCs like you will forget about it in a week
Putin is my tsar(this is not a joke I legitimately support russia glory to Putin)
@@_courier7 ...But the Unjustified War?
Oh and btw Star you hate Putin for being dictator yet daddy zelensky the literal second coming of Jesus Christ just banned all political opposition killed political opposition before the war and literally calls for ww3 with NATO going to war with russia
Not to mention the fact that the general Russian people support Putin deposing him would go against your "democractic" values since the people love him and support the annexation and you saying its muh disinformation is just cope
@@Berd-Wasted. Your CNN sources sure make you delusional.
NGL, I thought Brezhnev only appeared in the final scene at the theatre
Fun fact, Beria's actual executioner, Pavel Batisky, had Brezhnev brows.
You should make one about whoever Paul Ready plays. I’m not quite sure what person exactly he is supposed to be, but he shows up as an NKVD officer several times across the movie, so I think that may be neat to see.
Well, he stars as NKVD Officer Delov so there might be something
Brezhnev eyebrows is more thicker than Stalin nose
thicker than stalin's mustache
Khrushchev fired Zhukov in 1957.
Love how they pull behria's belt off and he is pulling up his pants for the rest of his life.
I didn't realise Brezhnev appeared before the finale.
It’s neat for these videos to identify some of the ancillary characters in the movie.
Eyebrows - ✓
Medals - ✓
Pause for Stalin's funer- "Let's tango."
Basically how it happened
Kind of funny considering Brezhnev would go on to do his own coup against Khrushchev.
No matter how savage and ruthless they appear to be in this movie......in reality they were a hundred times worse.....
Now Brezhnev government is just a spin-off of Death Of Stalin.
We need a sequel/spinoff of this movie with Dan Aykroyd as Brezhnev
I made the same reply somewhere here
„No, not him. I‘m just fuckin about.“ It seems if communism had been invented in Britain, it would‘ve been way more funnier 🤣🤣🤣
hmmmmm, not so funny now with Keir Stalin in power, eh, and all our cities burning....😮
I didn't even realize he had more scenes in the movie besides the very end lol
Had no idea the officer running the operation was Brezhnev…
I legit thought he only appears at the end, turns out he has been there for more than 3 minutes. Thx
Hurry up Georgei, staging a coup here!
That was Brezhnev? I assumed it was Chuikov the first time I watched
Same
I had no Idea that was Breznev. That's incredible.
ngl i never knew that soldier was Brezhnev lol. I thought he just appeared at the very end as a cameo, but instead he was in the entire last third of the movie lmfao
Beria’s trial was actually fairly extensive and long. Its an interesting read. I loved the movie though.
Zhukov was really small in real life
Always thought the he only appeared in that final scene. I was wrong lol. Thanks for the edit. Wonder why they didn't make an introduction for him as well, maybe a smaller, simpler without music just to be aware of his presence
Brezhnev coming from Springburn in Glasgow just tickles me…..folk from Springburn are brilliant craic.
This film is fantastic. Came across it by accident and loved every minute.
Wait, was it Zhukov or Brezhnev who said "I was picturing this moment everyday for last 3 decades"?
The only reson you don't instantly recognize him is that his cap covers up his magnificent eyebrows!
This movie was ten times funnier than it had any right to be.
The only difference between this and the thick of it is the consequences of failure is death instead of retirement
I had thought the character was Vasily Chuikov
Yeah I thought it’s a stretch to say this guy was Brezhnev. This guy is clearly military and while Brezhnev was in the Red Army during WW2, it was mostly a political role and he was out by Stalin’s death. I guess it’s cool that he’s there but it honestly more confusing than interesting
wow he's literally me