Iron Curtain: Life Under Soviet Occupation

📊 Series Specifications

Network ARTE
Episode Runtime ~56 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language FR
Creator Tania Rakhmanova

Iron Curtain: Life Under Soviet Occupation (2024)

Created by Tania Rakhmanova
⭐ 3.5 / 5 (7 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 3 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary, War & Politics 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

How did the Soviet Union impose its communist ideology on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after World War II? The story of how, from 1945 until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, these countries were gradually subjected to the totalitarian Soviet yoke.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Satellite States

While, in 1944, the Red Army is advancing towards Berlin, Stalin is already planning to incorporate Eastern Europe into his sphere of influence.

E2 Stalin's Reign

In December 1949, the entire communist world celebrates Stalin's 70th birthday.

E3 Uprisings

After Stalin's death in 1953, the inhabitants of the Eastern Bloc dream of a better future.