While watching the film it struck me how immature and childish a lot of the party officials could be. Not just their sense of umour, but their squabbling and their one-upmanship. How accurate are these portrayals to real life? Was Khrushchev really such a silly character that he came to the injured Stalin in his pyjamas? Was Georgy Malenkov really so weak and ineffectual? And was Zhukov really foul-mouthed and bombastic? I'm sure there has been some exaggeration for comic effect but I'd love to know to what degree these men were as the film portrays them.