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.
Trailer
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