The Death of Stalin (2017)
Andrea Riseborough: Svetlana
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Quotes
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Svetlana Stalin : Can you please just be cordial?
Vasily Stalin : I know the drill. Smile, shake hands and try not to call them cunts.
Svetlana Stalin : Perfect. That's perfect.
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Svetlana Stalin : Why did you let him do that?
Nikita Khrushchev : Yes. I should have intercepted his fist with my face.
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Svetlana Stalin : [seeing the doctors gathered for Stalin] They look like mental patients.
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Svetlana Stalin : [about Vasily's beating] Who did this?
Georgy Zhukov : I did, and I enjoyed it. Been a long time coming.
Svetlana Stalin : [points to Khruschev and the others] If any of you should... do anything...
Georgy Zhukov : That's me told. I'm off to represent the entire Red Army at the buffet. You girls enjoy yourselves.
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Svetlana Stalin : Vasily, remember what Papa said!
Vasily Stalin : Yes, but they have a machine, and they're filling his brain with American lies!
Svetlana Stalin : [whispering] "Wade gently through the river because there are snakes and crocodiles."
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Svetlana Stalin : Look at the state of that herb garden! Do people not eat herbs any more, do they only eat wheat?
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Svetlana Stalin : We'd better have some Tea and Buns. Soak up the Vodka.
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Svetlana Stalin : [re: Vasily] He's not bad, he's just ill.
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Svetlana Stalin : Why should I trust you?
Lavrenti Beria : Because I'm the only one who's telling you. Trust no-one.
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Nikita Khrushchev : It's okay, Vasily, everything's gonna be fine.
Svetlana Stalin : It's not exactly fine, is it? It's not fine.
Nikita Khrushchev : No... well, no, not exactly fine.
Svetlana Stalin : My father's lying there with his head open.
Nikita Khrushchev : Yes, your father's dead, your brother's shooting a gun, it's not fine, you're right.
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Svetlana Stalin : Hunting for trophies, Comrade?
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Svetlana Stalin : I never thought it would be you.
Nikita Khrushchev : [rolls his eyes]
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Svetlana Stalin : My father's going to die. I'm going to have you to look after me. I mean, I may as well just shoot myself like Mother.
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Lavrenti Beria : You know what I'm doing? I'm offering you and that bloated soak my protection.
Svetlana Stalin : We are not children!
[Tarasov emerges from Vasily's room, looking grim]
Vasily Stalin : [from inside] You are a real listener, thank you...!
Svetlana Stalin : ...I am not a child.