How to Become a Tyrant Rule Forever (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-14
TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, Biography, History

How to Become a Tyrant

Rule Forever (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV-14

TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.

Directors

Ron Myrick | Greg Franklin

Cinematographers

Ethan Mills | John W. Rutland (as John Rutland)

Editors

Martin Biehn (edited by) | Tony Christopherson | Jeremy Cloe | Alistair Knapp | Clay Zimmerman

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Release date

Jul 9, 2021 (Australia)

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Dinklage Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Game of Thrones (2011)
Madeleine Albright Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State See fewer	Gilmore Girls (2000)
Paul Fischer Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Into the Dark (2018)
Suki Kim Self - Investigative Journalist Self - Investigative Journalist See fewer	CNN Newsroom (1989)
Jean H. Lee Self - Former AP Bureau Chief, Korean Peninsula (as Jean Lee) Self - Former AP Bureau Chief, Korean Peninsula (as Jean Lee) See fewer	At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2014)
Waller Newell Self - Professor of Political Science, Carleton University Self - Professor of Political Science, Carleton University See fewer	How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
Jeong-Ho Roh Self - Director, Center for Korean Legal Studies, Columbia Law School Self - Director, Center for Korean Legal Studies, Columbia Law School See fewer	How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
Alastair Smith Self - Professor of Political Science, New York University Self - Professor of Political Science, New York University See fewer	Science Goes to the Movies (2015)
Svetlana Alliluyeva Self - Daughter of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) Self - Daughter of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) See fewer	Svetlana About Svetlana (2008)
Yakov Dzhugashvili Self - Son of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) Self - Son of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) See fewer
Choi Eun-hie Self - Kidnapped South Korean Actress (archive footage) (as Choi Eun-hee) Self - Kidnapped South Korean Actress (archive footage) (as Choi Eun-hee) See fewer	The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law (1965)
Muammar Gaddafi Self - Dictator of Libya, 1969 - 2011 (archive footage) Self - Dictator of Libya, 1969 - 2011 (archive footage) See fewer	The Message (1976)
Adolf Hitler Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage) Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Qusay Hussein Self - Son of Saddam Hussein (archive footage) Self - Son of Saddam Hussein (archive footage) See fewer	Biography (1987)
Saddam Hussein Self - Leader of Iraq (archive footage) Self - Leader of Iraq (archive footage) See fewer	Long Days (1980)
Uday Hussein Self - Son of Saddam Hussein (archive footage) Self - Son of Saddam Hussein (archive footage) See fewer	Biography (1987)
Il-Sung Kim Self - Eternal Leader (archive footage) Self - Eternal Leader (archive footage) See fewer	The Flower Girl (1972)
Jong-Il Kim Self - Dear Leader (archive footage) Self - Dear Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Pulgasari (1985)
Jong-Un Kim Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator (2021)
Zedong Mao Self - Chairman of the Communist Party of China (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) Self - Chairman of the Communist Party of China (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) See fewer	The New China (1951)
Haile Mariam Mengistu Self - Ethiopian Dictator (archive footage) (as Mengistu Haile Mariam) Self - Ethiopian Dictator (archive footage) (as Mengistu Haile Mariam) See fewer
Kim Pyong-il Self - Son of Kim Il-sung (archive footage) Self - Son of Kim Il-sung (archive footage) See fewer
Shin Sang-ok Self - Kidnapped South Korean Director (archive footage) Self - Kidnapped South Korean Director (archive footage) See fewer	My Mother and Her Guest (1961)
Artyom Sergeyev Self - Adopted Son of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) Self - Adopted Son of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) See fewer
Joseph Stalin Self - Dictator of USSR, 1929 - 1953 (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self - Dictator of USSR, 1929 - 1953 (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Vasili Stalin Self - Son of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) (as Vasily Stalin) Self - Son of Joseph Stalin (archive footage) (as Vasily Stalin) See fewer