Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Renny Bartlett
2017-10-10


3
60 min

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

Name Character Team
Juliet Stevenson Self - Narrator (voice) Unowned
Nicholas Asbury Vladimir Lenin Unowned
Milo Twomey Leon Trotsky Unowned
Nicholas Cowell Joseph Stalin Unowned
Jonny McPherson Alexander Kerensky Unowned
Helen Rappaport Self - Writer Unowned
Orlando Figes Self - Writer Unowned
Simon Sebag-Montefiore Self - Writer Unowned
China MiƩville Self - Writer Unowned
Martin Amis Self - Writer Unowned
Bridget Kendall Self - Journalist Unowned
Victor Sebestyen Self - Writer Unowned
Vladimir Lenin Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Vladimir Putin Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Tariq Ali Self - Writer Unowned