Name: Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 1999-10-06
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Patrice Chéreau

Episodes

1. Utopia in Power (1917-1928)

1999-10-06 | 52m

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.

2. The Two Faces of Communism (1929-1939)

1999-10-13 | 52m

This episode includes Stalin’s purge, Communism the defender of democracy, the great famine of the Ukraine and the Spanish civil war.

3. The Peak Years (1940-1953)

1999-10-20 | 52m

This episode includes the defeat of Germany, the take over of Eastern Europe, the Korean War and the Cold War.

4. End Without End (1953-1999)

1999-10-27 | 52m

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.