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.
Cast
Juliet Stevenson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Asbury
Vladimir Lenin
Milo Twomey
Leon Trotsky
Nicholas Cowell
Joseph Stalin
Jonny McPherson
Alexander Kerensky
Helen Rappaport
Self - Writer
Orlando Figes
Self - Writer
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self - Writer
China Miéville
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
Crew
Renny Bartlett
Director, Producer
Graeme Dawson
Editor
James Swift
Director of Photography
Nicolas Kent
Executive Producer
Susan Jones
Executive Producer
Abigail Priddle
Executive Producer
Charlotte Sacher
Producer
Erik Rehl
Production Design
Simone Pereira Hind
Casting Director
Heidi Miller
Costume Designer
Jutta Russell
Makeup Designer
David Runciman
Sound Recordist
John E.R. Hardy
Original Music Composer