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.
Acting
Nicholas Asbury's Lenin: terrifyingly calm fanatic energy.
Direction
Bartlett turns archival footage into political thriller.
Writing
Rappaport's script: dense, devastating, weirdly bingeable.
Director
Renny Bartlett
Juliet Stevenson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Asbury
Vladimir Lenin
Milo Twomey
Leon Trotsky
Jonny McPherson
Alexander Kerensky
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self - Writer
Martin Amis
Self - Writer
Bridget Kendall
Self - Journalist
Victor Sebestyen
Self - Writer
Vladimir Lenin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Tariq Ali
Self - Writer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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