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Tsar to Lenin

Tsar to Lenin

The Definitive Film Record of the 1917 Russian Revolution

1937•1h 3m•6.5/10
Documentary

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6.5/10(6)

A documentary film account of the Russian Revolution, based on archival footage.

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Production

Herman Axelbank

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Max Eastman

Narrator

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Kerensky

Self (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Self (archive footage)

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