• 2018
  • 54m
The Dictator's Playbook

Summary From Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, dictators have shaped the world we live in. This series answers how dictators seized and wielded power in six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality. View more details

  • 2018
  • 54m

The Dictator's Playbook

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Natasha Ezrow Tim Beckmann Mariam Mufti Fathali Moghaddam

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Drama History War Documentary

Release date : Jun 1, 2018

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Production companies : Cream Productions Dictator Productions

Summary From Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, dictators have shaped the world we live in. This series answers how dictators seized and wielded power in six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History War Documentary

Release date : Jun 1, 2018

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Production companies : Cream Productions Dictator Productions

Photos

The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook The Dictator's Playbook Manuel Noriega in The Dictator's Playbook

Episodes

View All Seasons
Episode 1 • Jun 01, 2018
Kim Il-Sung
See how Kim Il Sung created a North Korean dictatorship that has lasted for three generations.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Saddam Hussein
Through his brutal use of violence, intimidation and torture Saddam Hussein managed to rule the nation for nearly a quarter of a century until he was finally deposed by US forces during the Invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Benito Mussolini
See why Benito Mussolini was considered a pioneer among 20th-century dictators. From undermining judges to indoctrinating children, he forged key tactics for seizing power.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Manuel Noriega
He rose through the Panamanian military to become chief of intelligence-and then, military dictator. Money laundering, drug trafficking and political crimes led to his downfall.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
Francisco Franco
Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish Society.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Idi Amin
See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British Army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda.
Comments
Welcome to juqing comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Login to display more comments

This week's popular movies

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

7.8
Generally favorable

The Commandant's Shadow

7.3
Generally favorable

Bad Faith

7.4
Generally favorable

Ennio

8.2
Generally favorable

Triumph of the Will

7.1
Generally favorable

Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln

5.3
Mixed or average

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

7.9
Generally favorable

The Bloody Hundredth

7.5
Generally favorable

I Am Not Your Negro

7.9
Generally favorable

Apollo 11

8.1
Generally favorable

This week's popular TV shows

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

7.6
Generally favorable

Grant

8.4
Generally favorable

The Men Who Built America

8.5
Generally favorable

The U.S. and the Holocaust

8.7
Generally favorable

The Dust Bowl

8.2
Generally favorable

The Planets

9
Universal Acclaim

Benjamin Franklin

8.2
Generally favorable

Meltdown: Three Mile Island

6.8
Generally favorable

American Experience

8.6
Generally favorable

Modern Marvels

8.1
Generally favorable

Edit Focus

Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944

Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944

On June 10, 1944, a German SS division arrived in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and massacred 643 innocent civilians.

  • Movies
They Shall Not Grow Old

They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

  • Movies
Shoah

Shoah

Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.

  • Movies
Why We Fight

Why We Fight

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

  • Movies
The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.

  • Movies
Last Days in Vietnam

Last Days in Vietnam

During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.

  • Movies
All Filters