Documentary
Overview
Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
Production
Cream Productions · Twin Cities Public Television
Networks
PBSSeasons
Season 1
6 ep · 2018
Cast & Characters
Tim Beckmann
Narrator
Directors & Crew
G
Greg Beer
Writer
D
Denis Seguin
Writer
R
Robert Eaton
Writer
M
Mark Stevenson
Director
C
Christopher Blow
Writer
J
James Ellis
Writer
Screenshots & Stills
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