Joseph Stalin
December 18, 1878
Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (real name Dzhugashvili) was born in Gori, Tiflis province, Russian Empire - a Soviet political, statesman, military and party figure, a Russian revolutionary. Actual leader of the USSR. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1922-1953). Marshal of the So…
Known For
8 titles
The Corporation
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Apocalypse: The Second World War
This six-part series traces the Second World War, from the rise of the Nazis to the surrender of the Japanese, with detailed portraits of key figures.
When the Wind Blows
A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
The Untold History of the United States
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
The Soviet Story
The Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.
Orwell: 2+2=5
An investigation into the life, work, and enduring influence of the writer George Orwell, connecting his ideas to the contemporary world.
The Russian Revolution
A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.
The Village Detective: a song cycle
A Soviet film from 1969 is found in an Icelandic fisherman's net, and the filmography of its leading actor offers a portal into a history that has endured on celluloid.