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Documentary - 250 mins
Audience - General
Classification - Exempt
Region - 0
Format -
PAL
Language - English
Product weight 120g
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Communism, a theory and system of social and political
organization was a major force in world politics for
much of the 20th century. As a political movement
communism sought to overthrow capitalism through a
workers' revolution and establish a system in which
property is owned by the community as a whole rather
than by individuals. In theory communism would create a
classless society of abundance and freedom, in which all
people enjoy equal social and economic status. In
practice communist regimes have taken the form of
coercive, authoritarian governments that cared little
for the plight of the working class and sought above all
else to preserve their hold on power.
Communism, The Great Belief of the 20th Century, is the
epic story of the rise and fall of Communism in the
twentieth century. containing rare and previously unseen
footage from American, Russian, Chinese, British and
European historical and political arh=chives compiled by
an international team of historians, directed by Michael
Rotman and narrated by Patrick Rotman and Patrick
Baberis, it is the definitive and most comprehensive
film stud y of a system that challenged and almost
toppled the fundamental principles of the democratic
world.
Features
1900-1928 Utopia in Power
1929-1939 The two faces of Communism
1940-1953 The Peak Years
1953-1999 End Without End
Bonus Programme The Fall of Budapest
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