 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - rufu rwaStalinmuna March 1953 kwakaratidzira kuchinja kukuru mune zvematongerwe enyika dzeEastern Bloc. Pashure pokunge Beria asungwa, Chiaureli akarayirwa nevatongi vatsva kuti abve muMoscow. Kudonha kweBerlin kwakabviswa mukuparadzirwa. Murairo weSoviet Film Export Bureau wokumisa kuratidzwa kwawo wakasvika kuEast Germany muna July. Mukati mezhizha ra1953, chiitiko chinoratidzira Alexei Ivanov achidya naStalin nevamwe vatungamiriri veSoviet muMoscow chakagadziriswa kubva kumakopi ese aivapo; munyori Richard Taylor akati izvi zvaive nekuda kwechitarisiko chaiva nemunhu waBeria ipapo. Mumutsara wapashure pa1953, Ivanov anoziviswa kuna Stalin, uye anoratidzwa achifamba naNatasha mumunda wezviyo. 