TV series
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.
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Faith of the Century: A History of Communism premiered October 6, 1999. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.
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Episode 1
This episode covers 1900 to 1928, a period which saw the death of Lenin, the creation of the KGB and the coming to power of Stalin.
Guest stars Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, Leon Trotsky, John Reed, Pierre Degeyter, Manabendra Nath Roy, Marcel Cachin, Joseph Stalin
Episode 2
This episode includes Stalin’s purge, Communism the defender of democracy, the great famine of the Ukraine and the Spanish civil war.
Guest stars Édouard Herriot, Alexey Stakhanov, Adolf Hitler, Ernst Thälmann, Léon Blum, Wilhelm Pieck, Marcel Cachin, Francisco Franco
Episode 3
This episode includes the defeat of Germany, the take over of Eastern Europe, the Korean War and the Cold War.
Guest stars Klement Gottwald, Rudolf Slánský, Harry S. Truman, Pablo Picasso, Ronald Reagan, Joseph Stalin, Hồ Chí Minh, Mao Zedong
Episode 4
This episode includes Stalin’s death and Krushchev taking power, uprisings crushed in East Germany and Hungary, the propaganda of the space race, Castro taking over Cuba, Vietnam, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unleashing of freedom, the remnants of a discredited philosophy.
Guest stars Joseph Stalin, Hồ Chí Minh, Mao Zedong, Maurice Thorez, Palmiro Togliatti, Nikita Khrushchev, Josip Broz Tito, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
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Patrice ChéreauNarrator (voice)
Vladimir LeninSelf (archive footage)
Karl LiebknechtSelf (archive footage)
Leon TrotskySelf (archive footage)
John ReedSelf (archive footage)
Pierre DegeyterSelf (archive footage)
Manabendra Nath RoySelf (archive footage)
Édouard HerriotSelf (archive footage)
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Kuiv ProductionsFrance
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