|
STALIN 3 x 60 min for Channel 4 Three one hour documentaries on the Soviet Union's most infamous leader. They take three themes from his life: the Cult of the Tyrant, the Greatest Dictator and Secrets of the WarlordTwo of Britain's foremost historians of Stalin - Simon Seebag Montefiore and Professor Richard Overy - guide the viewer through Stalin's long and bloody life. And the people who survived the dictator tell their own extraordinary stories, illustrated with a combination of specially shot footage and unique archive. Simon Seebag Montefiore " killing and murder were absolutely part of his daily political routine and .... we must regard him as one of the great monsters of all time."Maria Ivnovna Ptashniychenko (peasant farmer) "Mum fell on her knees, imploring them, shouting and crying that the children needed something to eat. Not one of them cared, not one was touched in any way on a human level."Professor Richard Overy " the whole Soviet system under Stalin was predicated absolutely on the idea that no single individual could hold up the course of historical progress." |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
