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The Dictator's Playbook
Miniseries · NR · 60 min · ★ 7.6
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Also known as The Dictator's Rulebook
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Streaming on PBS Documentaries.
5 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Release date
- 2018-06-02
- Network
- PBS
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (5 votes)
Themes
- dictator
- dictatorship
Cast & crew

Tim Beckmann
as Narrator
Directed by Mark Stevenson
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1Kim Il Sung54mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2Saddam Hussein54mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Benito Mussolini54mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Manuel Noriega54mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Francisco Franco54mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Idi Amin54mAmazon Prime Video