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