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  • 1999-10-05T22:00:00Z on Arte
  • 52m
  • 3h 28m (4 episodes)
  • France
  • Documentary
Communism spread to all of the continents of the world over the course of the 20th century. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this totalitarian political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, this comprehensive documentary explores the complexities of an ideology that seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion. "...invites the viewer to think about the role that images played in the strength of these regimes..." (Le Monde). Divided into four programs: "1917-1928 - Utopia in Power," "1929-1939 - Communism: The Two Faces," "1940-1953 - The Peak Years," and "1954-1993 - End Without End." In English.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

1999-10-05T22:00:00Z

1x01 Utopia in Power (1917-1928)

Series Premiere

1x01 Utopia in Power (1917-1928)

  • 1999-10-05T22:00:00Z52m

This volume covers 1900 to 1928, a period which saw the death of Lenin, the creation of the KGB and the coming to power of Stalin.

This episode includes Stalin's purge, Communism the defender of democracy, the great famine of the Ukraine and the Spanish civil war.

1x03 The Peak Years (1940-1953)

  • 1999-10-19T22:00:00Z52m

This episode includes the defeat of Germany, the take over of Eastern Europe, the Korean War and the Cold War.

1x04 End Without End (1953-1999)

  • 1999-10-26T22:00:00Z52m

This episode includes Stalin's death and Krushchev taking power, uprisings crushed in East Germany and Hungary, the propaganda of the space race, Castro taking over Cuba, Vietnam, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unleashing of freedom, the remnants of a discredited philosophy.

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