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Temporada 1

6 episodios · 2021

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

  1. 1

    Seize Power

    9 jul 202131 min★ 7.4

    Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.

  2. 2

    Crush Your Rivals

    9 jul 202127 min★ 7.5

    You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.

  3. 3

    Reign Through Terror

    9 jul 202128 min★ 7.3

    When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.

  4. 4

    Control the Truth

    9 jul 202127 min★ 7.3

    Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.

  5. 5

    Create a New Society

    9 jul 202126 min★ 7.3

    Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.

  6. 6

    Rule Forever

    9 jul 202130 min★ 7.4

    Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.