The first official trailer for The Death of Stalin has been released. 

Adapted by Armando Iannucci (The Thick Of It, I’m Alan Partridge), David Schneider (The Day Today, I’m Alan Partridge) and Ian Martin (The Thick Of It , Time Trumpet) from a graphic novel of the same name, The Death of Stalin is a comedy about what happened in the aftermath of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. The cast includes Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Jason Isaacs, Simon Russell Beale, Michael Palin, Rupert Friend and Paddy Considine, as well as TVO regulars Paul Whitehouse and Justin Edwards.

The Death of Stalin will be in UK cinemas October 20th this year.

Watch the trailer: