TheriseofStalin,fromhisearlybeginningasabankrobbertothecold-bloodedleaderoftheSovietUnion.WhowasStalin?ThemanwhodefeatedNazism?The“LittleFatherofthePeoples"?Orthegreatestcriminalofhistime?InApocalypseStalin,three52-minuteepisodes,IsabelleClarkeandDanielCostellepainttheportraitofoneofthefiercestdespotsofthetwentiethcentury,usingarchivefilmoftheday.ThisfootagehasbeenperfectlyrestoredandbeautifullycolorizedbytheApocalypseproductionteam.StartingwiththefighttothedeathagainstHitler,theseriestellsthestoryoftheincrediblerisetopowerofJosephJughashvili.Thiscobbler’ssonfromGeorgiastartedwithnothingandmadehiswayuptheranksthroughvariousintriguesandcrimes,ultimatelyrisingtoabsolutepowerandadoptingthemonikerStalin-“manofsteel"inRussian.Fromahumanstandpoint,theseriesdescribestheenormoustragedythatbefelltheSovietpeoplebetween1878and1945,astheyfoundthemselvescaughtinatrapthatbecamealivinghell.