The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Renny BartlettDirector
- John E.R. HardyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Juliet StevensonSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Nicholas AsburyVladimir Lenin
- Milo TwomeyLeon Trotsky
- Nicholas CowellJoseph Stalin
- Jonny McPhersonAlexander Kerensky
- Helen RappaportSelf - Writer
- Orlando FigesSelf - Writer
- Simon Sebag-MontefioreSelf - Writer
- China MiévilleSelf - Writer
- Martin AmisSelf - Writer
- Bridget KendallSelf - Journalist
- Victor SebestyenSelf - Writer
Stills
Themes
world war idocudramarussian revolution (1917)rise to powerrussian historycommunismimperial russia1910sleninismbolshevismsoviet union historylenin