Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

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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  Juliet Stevenson

  Self - Narrator (voice)
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  Nicholas Asbury

  Vladimir Lenin
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  Milo Twomey

  Leon Trotsky
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  Jonny McPherson

  Alexander Kerensky
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  Simon Sebag-Montefiore

  Self - Writer
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  Martin Amis

  Self - Writer
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  Bridget Kendall

  Self - Journalist
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  Victor Sebestyen

  Self - Writer
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  Vladimir Lenin

  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Vladimir Putin

  Self - Politician (archive footage)