Biography and filmography

Joseph Stalin

Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (real name Dzhugashvili) was born in Gori, Tiflis province, Russian Empire - a Soviet political, statesman, military and party figure, a Russian revolutionary. Actual leader of the USSR. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1922-1953). Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), Generalissimo of the Soviet Union (1945). People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR (since July 19, 1941), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and Chairman of the USSR State Defense Committee. He also held the following positions: From April 3, 1922 to February 10, 1934 - Secretary General, then - Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (from 1952 - CPSU), from December 19, 1930, after Vyacheslav Molotov took the post of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR instead of Alexey Rykov. In 1912, at the suggestion of V.I. Lenin was included in the Central Committee of the RSDLP. At the same time, Joseph Dzhugashvili finally chose the pseudonym "Stalin" for himself. During the October Revolution, the Second All-Russian Congress was elected a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars. In 1922, at the Plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), he was elected a member of the Orgburo and the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), as well as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) (when Lenin was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR). In 1930, after the weakening and death of Lenin, Stalin finally emerged victorious from the internal party struggle, becoming the leader of the state. Stalin was the actual founder of the totalitarian dictatorship in the USSR. In 1928-1929 he was the initiator of the transition from the course of the New Economic Policy (NEP) to the course of industrialization, collectivization and building a planned economy, and intensified the policy of the cultural revolution in the USSR.

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Movies (143)

A State Film

A State Film

2026 · Self (archive footage)

Orwell: 2+2=5

Orwell: 2+2=5

2025 · Self (archive footage)

L'Unità. Storia di un archivio

L'Unità. Storia di un archivio

2025 · Archive footage

USSR (1917-1991)

USSR (1917-1991)

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings

Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings

2024 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Trouble in the Barbary

Trouble in the Barbary

2024 · as self (Archive footage)

Walt Disney: Behind the Magic

Walt Disney: Behind the Magic

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

2024 · Self (archive footage)

The Bloody Hundredth: Valor y sacrificio

The Bloody Hundredth: Valor y sacrificio

2024 · Self (archive footage)

A Nation Denied: Ukraine's Battle for History

A Nation Denied: Ukraine's Battle for History

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Life of a Shock Force Worker

Life of a Shock Force Worker

2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mistake that Killed Hitler

The Mistake that Killed Hitler

2023 · Self (archive footage)

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

2023 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

The Real Spies Among Friends

The Real Spies Among Friends

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Donbas Diary. How I Was at War

Donbas Diary. How I Was at War

2022 · (archive footage)

A Compassionate Spy

A Compassionate Spy

2022 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Prelúdio

Prelúdio

2022 · Self (archive footage)

The Beating: Last Stand

The Beating: Last Stand

2022 · as self (Archive footage)

Historical Nihilism and the Fall of the USSR

Historical Nihilism and the Fall of the USSR

2022 · (archival footage)

Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II

Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II

2021 · Self (archive footage)

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

2021 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party

Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Big Data, Big Brother

Big Data, Big Brother

2020 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

The Long Breakup

The Long Breakup

2020 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Аркадий Райкин. Королю дозволено всё

Аркадий Райкин. Королю дозволено всё

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Korea, A Hundred Years of War

Korea, A Hundred Years of War

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Money, Fascism, and Some Sort of Acid

Money, Fascism, and Some Sort of Acid

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Laboratory Greece

Laboratory Greece

2019 · Self (archive footage)

I Invite You to My Execution

I Invite You to My Execution

2019 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

State Funeral

State Funeral

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Tirano. Cobarde. Víctima. La historia de Roy Cohn

Tirano. Cobarde. Víctima. La historia de Roy Cohn

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Storm Front in Mayo

Storm Front in Mayo

2019 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Korea: The Never-Ending War

Korea: The Never-Ending War

2019 · Self (archive footage)

The Hitler–Stalin Pact

The Hitler–Stalin Pact

2019 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

2018 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Stalin's James Bond

Stalin's James Bond

2017 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

2017 · Self (archive footage)

The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

2017 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

2017 · Self (archive footage)

How to Stage a Coup

How to Stage a Coup

2017

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

2017 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

The Chosen

The Chosen

2016 · Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Capsule

Capsule

2016 · Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

CIA vs KGB: Battleground Berlin

CIA vs KGB: Battleground Berlin

2016 · Joseph Stalin

I Betrayed Hitler

I Betrayed Hitler

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin's Daughter

Stalin's Daughter

2015 · (archive footage)

Stalin - Trotsky: A Battle to Death

Stalin - Trotsky: A Battle to Death

2015 · Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Imminent Threat

Imminent Threat

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

2015 · Self (archive footage)

1945: The Savage Peace

1945: The Savage Peace

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Hitler's War on Oil: Objective Baku

Hitler's War on Oil: Objective Baku

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Staline–Trotski, le Tsar et le Prophète

Staline–Trotski, le Tsar et le Prophète

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Laissez-faire

Laissez-faire

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin In Color

Stalin In Color

2014 · Self (archive footage)

How we built the Moscow metro

How we built the Moscow metro

2014 · Himself (archive footage)

Reza Shah

Reza Shah

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin’s Death - The End of An Era

Stalin’s Death - The End of An Era

2013

A Day in the Life of a Dictator

A Day in the Life of a Dictator

2013

Hitler's Girl

Hitler's Girl

2012 · Self (archive footage)

The Untold History Of The United States

The Untold History Of The United States

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin's Last Plot

Stalin's Last Plot

2011 · Self (archive footage)

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

2011 · Joseph Stalin

Reagan

Reagan

2011 · Self (archive footage)

Pétain, such a popular hero

Pétain, such a popular hero

2010 · Self (archive footage)

Capitalismo una historia de amor

Capitalismo una historia de amor

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Cannibal Island

Cannibal Island

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Iran: The Hundred Year War

Iran: The Hundred Year War

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

2008

Svetlana About Svetlana

Svetlana About Svetlana

2008 · (archive footage)

The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story

2008 · Self (archive footage)

V.I.Lenin: History Will Not Forgive Us

V.I.Lenin: History Will Not Forgive Us

2007 · Self - archive footage

Sputnik Mania

Sputnik Mania

2007 · Self (archive footage)

Cavid ömrü

Cavid ömrü

2007 · özü (arxiv kadrlar)

Stalin, the Red Tyrant

Stalin, the Red Tyrant

2007 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin's Wife

Stalin's Wife

2005

Letters from Karelia

Letters from Karelia

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Hitler & Stalin: Roots of Evil

Hitler & Stalin: Roots of Evil

2004 · Self (archive footage)

The Corporation

The Corporation

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Året var 1953

Året var 1953

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Stalin: Man of Steel

Stalin: Man of Steel

2003 · Self (archive footage)

:03 from Gold

:03 from Gold

2002 · Self (archive footage)

The Mausoleum

The Mausoleum

1999 · Self (archive footage)

War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin

War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin

1999 · Self (Archive)

Human Remains

Human Remains

1998 · Self (archive footage)

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 1

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 1

1996 · Self (archive footage)

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

1996 · Self (archive footage)

A Web of War

A Web of War

1996 · Self (archive footage)

The Russian German War

The Russian German War

1995 · Self (archive footage)

Executions 2

Executions 2

1995 · Self

The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

1994 · self (archive footage)

Island of the Dead

Island of the Dead

1993

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

1993 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Condom

Condom

1990 · archive footage

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

1989

T.V. Sphincter

T.V. Sphincter

1987 · Self (archive footage)

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

1986 · Self (archive footage)

Piękny dwudziestoletni

Piękny dwudziestoletni

1986 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marshal Zhukov

Marshal Zhukov

1984 · Self (archive footage)

Battle for Warsaw

Battle for Warsaw

1984 · Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin)

Behind the scenes of fascism

Behind the scenes of fascism

1983 · Self (archive footage)

High Voltage

High Voltage

1981 · Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

1978 · Self (archive footage)

Maoism: A Tragedy for China

Maoism: A Tragedy for China

1978 · Self (archive footage)

The Soviet Union: A New Look

The Soviet Union: A New Look

1978 · Self (archive footage)

A Grin Without a Cat

A Grin Without a Cat

1977 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Songs for After a War

Songs for After a War

1976 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

1975 · Self (Archive Footage)

The Society of the Spectacle

The Society of the Spectacle

1974 · Self (archive footage)

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

1969 · Self (archive footage)

The Extraordinary Seaman

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Girls

The Girls

1968 · Self (archive footage)

Rita the Field Marshal

Rita the Field Marshal

1967 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beginning

Beginning

1967 · Self (Carries Coffin of Lenin) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Too Near the Sun

Too Near the Sun

1966 · self (archive footage)

Triumph Over Violence

Triumph Over Violence

1965 · Self (archive footage)

The Battle of France

The Battle of France

1964 · Self (archive footage)

Was der Wehrmachtsbericht verschwieg

Was der Wehrmachtsbericht verschwieg

1963 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

To Arms, We Are Fascists!

To Arms, We Are Fascists!

1962 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Velikoye proshchaniye

Velikoye proshchaniye

1953

The Oath of the Albanian People Before the Great Stalin

The Oath of the Albanian People Before the Great Stalin

1953 · himself

Stalin Dead

Stalin Dead

1953 · Self - Soviet Leader

Life Begins Tomorrow

Life Begins Tomorrow

1950 · Self (archive footage)

Wonderful Times

Wonderful Times

1950 · Self (archive footage)

L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus

L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus

1949 · Lui-même

Moscow, Capital of the USSR

Moscow, Capital of the USSR

1947 · Self (archive footage)

Berlin Conference

Berlin Conference

1945 · Self

Crimean Conference

Crimean Conference

1945 · Self

The Fall of Berlin

The Fall of Berlin

1945 · Self

All-Union Physical Culture Parade

All-Union Physical Culture Parade

1945 · Self

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943 · Joseph Stalin (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mask of Nippon

The Mask of Nippon

1942 · Himself (archive footage)

Our Cinema

Our Cinema

1940 · (archive footage)

The Fight For Peace

The Fight For Peace

1939 · Self (archive footage)

Papanin Squad

Papanin Squad

1938

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

1937 · Himself

Bogatyrs Of The Motherland

Bogatyrs Of The Motherland

1937

Funeral of G.K. Ordzhonikidze

Funeral of G.K. Ordzhonikidze

1937 · himself

Three Songs About Lenin

Three Songs About Lenin

1934 · Self (archive footage)

Soviets on Parade

Soviets on Parade

1933 · Self

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925 · Himself (archive footage)

TV shows (28)

Our Man with the Enemy

Our Man with the Enemy

2026 · Self (archive footage)

Churchill y la guerra

Churchill y la guerra

2024 · Self - Premier of the Soviet Union (archive footage)

Apocalypse: D-Day

Apocalypse: D-Day

2024 · Self (archive footage)

História do Comunismo

História do Comunismo

2024 · Self

Three Wars

Three Wars

2023 · Self (archive footage)

The Century of Icons

The Century of Icons

2022 · Self (archive footage)

A History of Antisemitism

A History of Antisemitism

2022 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Cómo se convirtieron en tiranos

Cómo se convirtieron en tiranos

2021 · Self (archive footage)

The UnXplained

The UnXplained

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Eventos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial a todo color

Eventos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial a todo color

2019 · Self (archive footage)

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

2017 · Self - Politician (archive footage)

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa

Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Apocalypse: Stalin

Apocalypse: Stalin

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Mentiras verdaderas

Mentiras verdaderas

2011 · Self (archive footage)

Korea: The Forgotten War in Colour

Korea: The Forgotten War in Colour

2010 · Self

Apocalypse: The Second World War

Apocalypse: The Second World War

2009 · Self (archive footage)

World War II in Colour

World War II in Colour

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Warlords

Warlords

2007 · (archive footage)

Days That Shook the World

Days That Shook the World

2003 · Self (archive footage)

WWII: The Lost Color Archives

WWII: The Lost Color Archives

2000 · Self (archive footage)

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

1999 · Self (archive footage)

War of the Century

War of the Century

1999

Assassinations That Changed the World

Assassinations That Changed the World

1996

American Experience

American Experience

1988 · Self (archive footage)

Korea: The Forgotten War

Korea: The Forgotten War

1987 · Self (archive footage)

Crusade in Europe

Crusade in Europe

1949 · Self (archive footage)