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201854 minPGdocumentary

7.5/ 10(24 ratings)• TMDB

The Dictator's Playbook

201854 minPGdocumentary

7.5/ 10(24 ratings)• TMDB

Six dictators, including Mussolini and Saddam Hussein, are examined for their methods of gaining and losing power in the 20th century.

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Miguel M. Delgado

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Six dictators, including Mussolini and Saddam Hussein, are examined for their methods of gaining and losing power in the 20th century.

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Miguel M. Delgado

Miguel M. Delgadodirector

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Beatriz Saavedra

Beatriz Saavedracast

Christiane Martel

Christiane Martelcast

Alberto Catalá

Alberto Catalácast

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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.

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