Seize Power
Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.
2021-07-09 31m★ 7.7Now playing
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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
How to Become a Tyrant runs for 1 season. Every episode page keeps the show's order, so you can watch from the pilot to the finale without hunting for the next link. Episodes are bought individually for 1 credit.
Season 1 · 6 episodes
Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.
2021-07-09 31m★ 7.7Now playingYou've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.
2021-07-09 27m★ 7.3When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.
2021-07-09 28m★ 7.7Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
2021-07-09 27m★ 7.7Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
2021-07-09 26m★ 7.3Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.
2021-07-09 30m★ 7.7Episodes cost 1 credit each. Credits are $1 each, so a full season costs the number of episodes in credits. Each episode you unlock stays in your account permanently.
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How to Become a Tyrant has 1 season on Cineby, with 6 episodes in total. Start with season 1 below.
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