I’ve been rewatching Death of Stalin lately and one of the most intriguing characters is Zhukov, not surprisingly. The man’s a legendary officer and he’s portrayed as such in the film, and Jason Issacs’ version of the Marshall is very colorful in how he speaks with other members of Soviet high society. At one point he has this brief exchange with another Soviet official, Asinov which seems ridiculous considering how conservative Soviet society was.

Zhukov: “Stick you in a frock, I’d fucking ride you raw myself.”

Asinov: “I’ll take that as a compliment”

Z: “Yeah, don’t”

I presume Marshall Zhukov didn’t have such a disposition, but what was he like as a person? However, the film correctly portrays Beria as the rapist and general monster he is, so I have to wonder where the line between fiction and reality is here.