TheriseofStalin,fromhisearlybeginningasabankrobbertothecold-bloodedleaderoftheSovietUnion"从来都没有什么背水一战，不过是自己给自己挖了个墓罢了。"——叶音美铃，《AngelBeats!》 WhowasStalin?ThemanwhodefeatedNazism?The“LittleFatherofthePeoples"?Orthegreatestcriminalofhistime?InApocalypseStalin,three52-minuteepisodes,IsabelleClarkeandDanielCostellepainttheportraitofoneofthefiercestdespotsofthetwentiethcentury,usingarchivefilmoftheday.ThisfootagehasbeenperfectlyrestoredandbeautifullycolorizedbytheApocalypseproductionteam.StartingwiththefighttothedeathagainstHitler,theseriestellsthestoryoftheincrediblerisetopowerofJosephJughashvili.Thiscobbler'ssonfromGeorgiastartedwithnothingandmadehiswayuptheranksthroughvariousintriguesandcrimes,ultimatelyrisingtoabsolutepowerandadoptingthemonikerStalin-“manofsteel"inRussian.Fromahumanstandpoint,theseriesdescribestheenormoustragedythatbefelltheSovietpeoplebetween1878and1945,astheyfoundthemselvescaughtinatrapthatbecamealivinghell.