Stalin: Man of Steel

20031h 30m

Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel and archival footage and interviews with experts, the program examines his rise to power, deconstructs the cult of personality that helped him maintain an iron grip over his vast empire, and analyzes the policies he introduced, including the deadly expansion of the notorious gulags where he banished so many of his countrymen to certain death.

Production

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Cast

Photo of Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Narrator (voice)

Photo of Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Vyacheslav Molotov

Vyacheslav Molotov

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Georgi Zhukov

Georgi Zhukov

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Ivan Konev

Ivan Konev

Self (archive footage)

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