Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
10/10/2017
1h

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 Stevenson
Self - Narrator (voice)


Nicholas Asbury
Vladimir Lenin


Milo Twomey
Leon Trotsky
Nicholas Cowell
Joseph Stalin


Jonny McPherson
Alexander Kerensky
Helen Rappaport
Self - Writer
Orlando Figes
Self - Writer


Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self - Writer
China Miéville
Self - Writer


Martin Amis
Self - Writer


Bridget Kendall
Self - Journalist


Victor Sebestyen
Self - Writer


Vladimir Lenin
Self - Politician (archive footage)


Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)


Tariq Ali
Self - Writer
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