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