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TV series

Apocalypse: Stalin

2015TV-141 season7.4 / 10

The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union.

Availability

Not streaming in United States

Checked Sep 2, 2026

Apocalypse: Stalin premiered November 3, 2015. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Demon

53m6.5 / 10

June 1941. Hitler has thrown himself into a fight to the death against Stalin. Two decades earlier, in 1917, Joseph Jughashvili from Georgia is a member of Lenin's Bolshevik Party, who has just seized power in Russia. The country is torn by civil war.

Episode credits

Guest stars Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky

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Episode 2

Red

53m6.2 / 10

1942. After blocking the Germans right outside of Moscow, Stalin now faces Hitler's second assault. The world's fate will be decided in Stalingrad. Like in Leningrad, men, women and children, plunged into hell, are sacrificed.

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Episode 3

Master of the World

53m6.7 / 10finale

In 1944, the Soviets find out about the horror of Hitler's extermination camps. Fifteen years earlier, Stalin transforms his country using any method he can.

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Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026

More about Apocalypse: Stalin

Cast

Mathieu KassovitzNarrator (voice)
Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
Vladimir LeninSelf (archive footage)
Leon TrotskySelf (archive footage)

Credits

Created by
Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Miniseries
Episodes
3
Original language
French
Original title
Apocalypse, Staline

Networks & production

  • France 2France
  • France Télévisions DistributionFrance
  • CC&CFrance
  • France TélévisionsFrance

Themes

historyjoseph stalinnazisoviet unionussrwar