How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
Synopsis
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
First Air Date: 2021-07-09
Last Air Date: 2021-07-09
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Networks: Netflix
Top Cast
- Peter Dinklage as Narrator
- Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
- Kim Jong-il as Self (archive footage)
- Muammar Gaddafi as Self (archive footage)
- Kim Il-sung as Self (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)
- Saddam Hussein as Self (archive footage)
- Idi Amin as Self (archive footage)
- Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)
- Madeleine Albright as Self
Seasons
Miniseries (2021)
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Seize Power
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.
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Ep. 2: Crush Your Rivals
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.
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Ep. 3: Reign Through Terror
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.
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Ep. 4: Control the Truth
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
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Ep. 5: Create a New Society
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
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Ep. 6: Rule Forever
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.
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