52 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestThis 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.
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.
Production
Propaganda footage you've never seen, restored to chilling clarity.
Direction
Rotman's surgical editing turns archive into accusation.
Creators
Patrick Rotman, Patrick Barbéris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrice Chéreau—legendary theatre director—recorded narration in single takes, treating the script like Greek tragedy.
Released months before Putin's rise, the series now reads as premature obituary—communism's ghost outlived its burial.
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