Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
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Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

7.5 / 10 2017 1h 35mNR French
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Storyline

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…

Cast & Crew

Hervé Pierre

Hervé Pierre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lead
CT

Cédric Tourbe

Nikolai Sukhanov (voice)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Self - Politician (archive footage)

PM

Pavel Milyukov

Self - Politician (archive footage)

NC

Nikolai Chkheidze

Self - Politician (archive footage)

NS

Nikolai Sukhanov

Self - Politician (archive footage)

MR

Mikhail Rodzianko

Self - Politician (archive footage)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cédric Tourbe's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker