Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
tv show

4 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired October 06, 1999
Genres:
Overview
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.

End Without End (1953-1999)
Season 1 - Episode 4 - 1h 52m
Air Date
October 27, 1999
Overview
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.
Guest Stars
Joseph Stalin
as
Self (archive footage)
Hồ Chí Minh
as
Self (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
as
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Thorez
as
Self (archive footage)
Palmiro Togliatti
as
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
as
Self (archive footage)
Josip Broz Tito
as
Self (archive footage)
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
as
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin
as
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
as
Self (archive footage)
Che Guevara
as
Self (archive footage)