History Uncovered

History Uncovered

Documentary 2018

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Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs that we take for absolute truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China's modernization. What if the truth was slightly different?

Documentary 2018

TV-14

Starring Fabrice Pierre

EPISODE 4

Mao Founder of Modern China

October 1, 1949. After years of struggle and revolutionary commitment, Mao Zedong proclaims the advent of the People's Republic of China. He aims to restore his country's legendary power and its former glory. Modern China has begun - However, if the great Helmsman opened a new era for the Middle Empire, it was not he who brought his country from immobility and confinement to great world power.

52 min · Jan 29, 2019 TV-14

Fabrice Pierre

Narrator
Bernard Georges

Director
Christiane Ratiney

Director
Philippe Saada

Director
Mickaël Gamrasni

Director

About

History Uncovered

DOCUMENTARY

Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs that we take for absolute truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China's modernization. What if the truth was slightly different?

Information

Studio: ICI RDI
Released: 2018
Rated: TV-14
Region of Origin: France

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States), French (France)
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.