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Film / 2017
Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
Directed by
Renny Bartlett
Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
The story
Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
Cast
Juliet StevensonSelf - Narrator (voice)
Nicholas AsburyVladimir Lenin
Milo TwomeyLeon Trotsky
Nicholas CowellJoseph Stalin
Jonny McPhersonAlexander Kerensky
Helen RappaportSelf - Writer
Orlando FigesSelf - Writer
Simon Sebag-MontefioreSelf - Writer
China MiévilleSelf - Writer
Martin AmisSelf - Writer
Bridget KendallSelf - Journalist
Victor SebestyenSelf - Writer
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