
Plot
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.
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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