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Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

20177.51h 35m

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…

Directed by Cédric Tourbe
Written by Cédric Tourbe, Marc Ferro, Michel Dobry
Produced by David Coujard
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Top Cast

Hervé Pierre

Hervé Pierre

Self - Narrator (voice)

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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)

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Pavel Milyukov

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Nikolai Chkheidze

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Nikolai Sukhanov

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Mikhail Rodzianko

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Alexander Kerensky

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Nadezhda Krupskaya

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

Themes & Keywords

propagandaworld war ibiographyrussian revolution (1917)revisionist historyrise to powerrussian historycommunismrussian civil war (1918-21)1920ssoviet propaganda1910sleninismbolshevismsoviet union historyleninmenshevismczarism

About Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution is a documentary, history, tv movie film released in 2017 exploring themes of propaganda, world war i, biography, russian revolution (1917), revisionist history, rise to power. Directed by Cédric Tourbe, it stars Hervé Pierre, Cédric Tourbe, Vladimir Lenin. 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…

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