The Red Empire

A sober, sweeping historical documentary that traces a superpower's rise and fall through archive footage and testimony, leaving a heavy sense of tragedy.

Created by

Jürgen Ast, Martin Hübner

Genres

Documentary, War & politics

Starring

Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff, Annette Gerhardt, Marina Behnke

Overview

The story of an empire: From its founding in 1922 to its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was shaped by revolutionary idealism, but also by oppression and decay. The USSR evolved from Stalinist terror through the Thaw under Khrushchev to political processes such as glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev. Finally, in 1991, it collapsed.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Power, corruption, identity, war

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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