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.
Self - Narrator (voice)
Juliet Stevenson
Vladimir Lenin
Nicholas Asbury
Leon Trotsky
Milo Twomey
Joseph Stalin
Nicholas Cowell
Alexander Kerensky
Jonny McPherson
Self - Writer
Helen Rappaport
Self - Writer
Orlando Figes
Self - Writer
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self - Writer
China Miéville
Self - Writer
Martin Amis
Self - Journalist
Bridget Kendall
Self - Writer
Victor Sebestyen
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Writer
Tariq Ali