The Dictator's Playbook

Evolution of Evil

November 2024 •English

Inside the minds of the heartless, corrupt, and cruel individuals who've seized control of their country through the infliction of appalling pain on their fellow man. From Kim Jong-il, to Osama Bin Laden, to Hitler, uncover the madness behind the merciless dictators responsible for unimaginable human atrocities that still haunt the world.

Inside North Korea's Dynasty

November 2024 •English

The Kim family's dark and surreal story provides a fresh perspective on North Korea.

Verbotenes Begehren

November 2024 •German

Stalin

November 2024 •English

Three years in the making, this comprehensive study of the Soviet dictator blends documentary footage and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses.

Diktaturet

November 2024 •Norwegian

Despot Housewives

November 2024 •French

How to Become a Tyrant

November 2024 •English

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

Mussolini: The First Fascist

November 2024 •French

Mussolini seized power in Italy in 1922, after his March on Rome. He would hold it in his grasp until his death in 1945, establishing a dictatorship that lasted more than 20 years. Long considered a buffoon and a second-rate dictator, Il Duce invented fascism that was imitated by Hitler, who viewed the Italian as his political master. He wanted to transform his country into a warrior nation and promised Italians a return to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. He governed by violence and trickery and was one of the first populist leaders of modern times, leading his country into the catastrophe of the World War II. But who was Mussolini, this former teacher who came from the extreme left to become a newspaper editor and creator of the Fascist Party? Why did he ally himself with Hitler? Were the Italians really behind him? With archives and interviews with the last-surviving witnesses of the era, this portrait takes a look back at one of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century.

Aquarela do Brasil

November 2024 •Portuguese

Cuéntame cómo pasó

November 2024 •Spanish

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

Freedom

November 2024 •English

Freedom is a short-lived 2000 American science fiction television show on the UPN network. There were 12 episodes filmed but only 7 were aired in the US. Some episodes were further aired internationally, and the full series is still occasionally broadcast in Brazil.

Conta-me Como Foi

November 2024 •Portuguese

Conta-me como foi (transl. Tell me how it was) is a Portuguese television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

Julius Caesar

November 2024 •English

Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.

Victory or Death

November 2024 •Spanish

Under the regime of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, a group of young people declares war on the dictator. Their leaders are commanders Tamara and Rodrigo. Both leave behind their lives and families to fight against the dictatorship; together, they aim to change Chile and its history.

The Things My Dad Failed to Teach Me

November 2024 •Polish

La belleza nos une

November 2024 •Spanish

El Laberinto del Tíbet

November 2024 •Spanish

Operasyon

November 2024 •Turkish

敦煌，千年不散的宴席

November 2024 •Chinese

Les Enquêtes impossibles

November 2024 •French