Apocalypse, Staline (2015)

Directed by

Isabelle Clarke

Genre

documentary, war & politics

Country

France

Runtime

53 min

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This French documentary series traces Joseph Stalin's rise to power and the development of Stalinist ideology. It uses restored and colorized archival footage to show the key events that made him leader of the Soviet Union.

informationaleducationalsoberhistoricaldetachedmethodicalarchivalserious

What happens

Apocalypse: Stalin (in French: Apocalypse, Staline) is a French three-part television series retracing the meteoric rise of Joseph Stalin and the birth of Stalinist ideology, broadcast on France 2 on November 3, 2015. It brings together known and unpublished period documents relating the major events which led Stalin to become Secretary General of the Soviet Communist Party and to lead the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Archival images used in the series were restored and colorized. The series was directed by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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