May10th,1940,HitlertakesontheWest.WillheprecipitateEuropeintotheApocalypse?

AdocumentarypottedhistoryofWW2,thenoveltyhereisthatmostofthefilmhasbeen"colorized".Themakerdoesnotliketousethiswordandpreferstosay"restored"buttoallintentsandpurposesitisseeingthewarincolourthatmakesitmoregoryandemotional.Explosions,bodies,speeches,ruins,bombs,it'sallthereandbytheendofthesixthandlastepisodeyouarecompletelydrained!Itisdifficulttoimaginehowsomuchgrief,damagedisasterhorrorcanbecausedatthebeginningbysuchasmallnumberofpeople.Apparently,over700hoursoffilmwereexaminedbeforeselectingthefinalproductwhichis6x52minuteepisodes.

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