简介:TheriseofStalin,fromhisearlybeginningasabankrobbertothecold-bloodedleaderoftheSovietUnion. WhowasStalin?ThemanwhodefeatedNazism?The“LittleFatherofthePeoples?Orthegreatestcriminalofhistime?InApocalypseStalin,three52-minuteepisodes,IsabelleClarkeandDanielCostellepainttheportraitofoneofthefiercestdespotsofthetwentiethcentury,usingarchivefilmoftheday.ThisfootagehasbeenperfectlyrestoredandbeautifullycolorizedbytheApocalypseproductionteam.StartingwiththefighttothedeathagainstHitler,theseriestellsthestoryoftheincrediblerisetopowerofJosephJughashvili.Thiscobbler'ssonfromGeorgiastartedwithnothingandmadehiswayuptheranksthroughvariousintriguesandcrimes,ultimatelyrisingtoabsolutepowerandadoptingthemonikerStalin-“manofsteelinRussian.Fromahumanstandpoint,theseriesdescribestheenormoustragedythatbefelltheSovietpeoplebetween1878and1945,astheyfoundthemselvescaughtinatrapthatbecamealivinghell.