Storyline

Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel and archival footage and interviews with experts, the program examines his rise to power, deconstructs the cult of personality that helped him maintain an iron grip over his vast empire, and analyzes the policies he introduced, including the deadly expansion of the notorious gulags where he banished so many of his countrymen to certain death.

Key Information

Director Peter Adler
Studio History
Language EN

Cast & Crew

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Narrator (voice)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Lev Kopelev

Lev Kopelev

Self

Dodo Chichinadze

Dodo Chichinadze

Self

Lev Razgon

Self

Leonid Zamyatin

Self

Edvard Radzinsky

Edvard Radzinsky

Self

Alexander Burdonsky

Alexander Burdonsky

Self

Dmitry Likhachev

Dmitry Likhachev

Self

Olga Trifonova

Self

Genrikh Yagoda

Genrikh Yagoda

Self (archive footage)

Frequently Asked Questions

Stalin: Man of Steel was released on January 1, 2003.

The runtime of Stalin: Man of Steel is 1h 30m.

Stalin: Man of Steel is a Documentary, History movie.

Stalin: Man of Steel is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

Stalin: Man of Steel was directed by Peter Adler.

The main cast of Stalin: Man of Steel includes Edward Herrmann, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin.

Stalin: Man of Steel is originally in English.