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FAITH OF THE CENTURY is the epic tale of twentieth century Communism. Using fascinating footage from the national archives of Russia, France and many others, this film offers an engrossing dissection of Communism and its consequences in the 20th century.
Beginning with the Russian Revolution of 1917, Communism began to change from an ideological movement to the structure for a system of government. Over the following decades, hundreds of millions of men and women found themselves under Communist rule, an ideology that proved harder to implement than to believe in.
Episode 1: Utopia in Power (1917-1928)
- Russia: Revolution, the Lenin and Trotsky years, propaganda, Stalin's rise to power.
- Early Communism in Western Europe
- China: uprisings in the 1920s
Episode 2 The Two Faces of Communism (1929-1939)
- Russia: Stalin's purge, famine in the Ukraine
- Germany: Communism versus Fascism
- The Communist movement in France
- The Spanish Civil War
Episode 3: The Peak Years (1940-1953)
- World War II and the creation of the Eastern Bloc
- Strikes in France
- Collectivisation and industrialisation in China
- The Korean War
Episode 4: End Without End (1953-1999)
- Krushchev and Gorbachev
- Uprisings and Communist collapse in Eastern Europe
- Mao's China - The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution
- Castro and Cuba
- The Vietnam War
Production Year 2008
Length 230mins
Rated M
Country of Origin France
