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Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

3.020171h MovieDocumentaryHistory

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.

DirectorRenny Bartlett
ProducersSusan Jones·Nicolas Kent

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Cast · Directed by Renny Bartlett

JSJuliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
Self - Narrator (voice)
NANicholas Asbury
Nicholas Asbury
Vladimir Lenin
MTMilo Twomey
Milo Twomey
Leon Trotsky
NC
Nicholas Cowell
Joseph Stalin
JMJonny McPherson
Jonny McPherson
Alexander Kerensky
HR
Helen Rappaport
Self - Writer
OF
Orlando Figes
Self - Writer
SSSimon Sebag-Montefiore
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self - Writer
CM
China Miéville
Self - Writer
MAMartin Amis
Martin Amis
Self - Writer
BKBridget Kendall
Bridget Kendall
Self - Journalist
VSVictor Sebestyen
Victor Sebestyen
Self - Writer

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Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution is streaming on Britbox and BBC Select in Canada. It's not currently on Netflix.

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