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Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

3.0/ 1020171h 0m

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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.

Directed by Renny Bartlett

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Nicholas Asbury

Nicholas Asbury

Vladimir Lenin

Milo Twomey

Milo Twomey

Leon Trotsky

Nicholas Cowell

Joseph Stalin

Jonny McPherson

Jonny McPherson

Alexander Kerensky

Helen Rappaport

Self - Writer

Orlando Figes

Self - Writer

Simon Sebag-Montefiore

Simon Sebag-Montefiore

Self - Writer