Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
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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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Cast

  • 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
  • China Miéville
    Self - Writer
  • Martin Amis
    Martin Amis
    Self - Writer
  • Bridget Kendall
    Bridget Kendall
    Self - Journalist
  • Victor Sebestyen
    Victor Sebestyen
    Self - Writer
  • Vladimir Lenin
    Vladimir Lenin
    Self - Politician (archive footage)
  • Vladimir Putin
    Vladimir Putin
    Self - Politician (archive footage)
  • Tariq Ali
    Tariq Ali
    Self - Writer

Crew

  • Charlotte Sacher
    Producer
  • Susan Jones
    Executive Producer
  • Nicolas Kent
    Executive Producer
  • Heidi Miller
    Costume Designer
  • James Swift
    Director of Photography
  • Renny Bartlett
    Director
  • Jutta Russell
    Makeup Designer
  • Simone Pereira Hind
    Simone Pereira Hind
    Casting Director
  • Graeme Dawson
    Editor
  • Abigail Priddle
    Executive Producer
  • David Runciman
    Sound Recordist
  • Erik Rehl
    Production Design
  • Renny Bartlett
    Producer
  • John E.R. Hardy
    John E.R. Hardy
    Original Music Composer

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