Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Overview

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.

Details

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