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Feature film — 2017

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution (2017)

3.01h 0mDocumentary — History

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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Director: Renny Bartlett

On screen

Cast & crew

Juliet Stevenson as Self - Narrator (voice)

Juliet Stevenson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Nicholas Asbury as Vladimir Lenin

Nicholas Asbury

Vladimir Lenin

Milo Twomey as Leon Trotsky

Milo Twomey

Leon Trotsky

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Nicholas Cowell

Joseph Stalin

Jonny McPherson as Alexander Kerensky

Jonny McPherson

Alexander Kerensky

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Helen Rappaport

Self - Writer

O

Orlando Figes

Self - Writer

Simon Sebag-Montefiore as Self - Writer

Simon Sebag-Montefiore

Self - Writer

C

China Miéville

Self - Writer

Martin Amis as Self - Writer

Martin Amis

Self - Writer

Bridget Kendall as Self - Journalist

Bridget Kendall

Self - Journalist

Victor Sebestyen as Self - Writer

Victor Sebestyen

Self - Writer

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