Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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.
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Patrick Rotman, Patrick Barbéris
ARTE

Palmiro Togliatti
Self (archive footage)

Marcel Cachin
Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)

Josip Broz Tito
Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)

Karl Liebknecht
Self (archive footage)

Leon Trotsky
Self (archive footage)

John Reed
Self (archive footage)

Pierre Degeyter
Self (archive footage)

Manabendra Nath Roy
Self (archive footage)

Édouard Herriot
Self (archive footage)

Alexey Stakhanov
Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)

Ernst Thälmann
Self (archive footage)

Léon Blum
Self (archive footage)