Red Monarch

Pitch-black comedy drama, taking a tongue-in-cheek look at life in Stalinist Russia, as Uncle Joe himself struggles to deal with the many pitfalls involved in being a tyrannical dictator holding millions of people in his thrall. Officials find themselves tied up in all manner of trivial nonsense, while Beria, the notorious chief of the secret police, spends his time joking and chasing the ladies. Colin Blakely, David Suchet and David Threlfall star