Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Jun 10, 2018

1h 35m

★ 8.0

Overview

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revolution of 1917 and, therefore, as one of the men who changed the shape of the world at that time and forever, but perhaps the actual events happened in a way different from that narrated in the history books…

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE France Cinéma

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hervé Pierre

Nikolai Sukhanov (voice)

Cédric Tourbe

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Pavel Milyukov

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nikolai Chkheidze

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nikolai Sukhanov

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Rodzianko

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Alexander Kerensky

Self - Politician / Lenin's Wife (archive footage)

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Alexandra Kollontai

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Lavr Kornilov

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