Stalin: Man of Steel (2003)

• Documentary
• History

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.

Release date

January 1, 2003

Runtime

1h 30m

Language

English

Director

Peter Adler, Stefan Brauburger, Oliver Halmburger, Alexander Berkel, Ralf Piechowiak

Status

Released