Episodes
1. Utopia in Power (1917-1928)
October 6, 1999
52 min
This episode covers 1900 to 1928, a period which saw the death of Lenin, the creation of the KGB and the coming to power of Stalin.
Guest Stars:
Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, Leon Trotsky, John Reed, Pierre Degeyter
2. The Two Faces of Communism (1929-1939)
October 13, 1999
52 min
This episode includes Stalin’s purge, Communism the defender of democracy, the great famine of the Ukraine and the Spanish civil war.
Guest Stars:
Édouard Herriot, Alexey Stakhanov, Adolf Hitler, Ernst Thälmann, Léon Blum
3. The Peak Years (1940-1953)
October 20, 1999
52 min
This episode includes the defeat of Germany, the take over of Eastern Europe, the Korean War and the Cold War.
Guest Stars:
Klement Gottwald, Rudolf Slánský, Harry S. Truman, Pablo Picasso, Ronald Reagan
4. End Without End (1953-1999)
October 27, 1999
52 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Joseph Stalin, Hồ Chí Minh, Mao Zedong, Maurice Thorez, Palmiro Togliatti