A narrative of the Russian Revolution.A narrative of the Russian Revolution.A narrative of the Russian Revolution.
Max Eastman
- Narrator
- (voice)
Grand Duchess Anastasia
- Self
- (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Maria
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Grand Duchess Marie)
Grand Duchess Olga
- Self
- (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Tatiana
- Self
- (archive footage)
Grand Duke Nicholas
- Self
- (archive footage)
Aleksandr Kerensky
- Self
- (as Alexander Kerensky)
Vladimir Lenin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as V.I. Lenin)
Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov
- Self
- (archive footage)
Lev Trotskiy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Leon Trotsky)
Tsar Nicholas II
- Self
- (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- Alternate versionsDuring the Cold War, material portraying the Russian Revolution positively was hard to release in the US. To get around this, Herman Axelbank commissioned a new narration of the film from an anti-Communist standpoint. This version received a limited release in colleges and small theaters.
Featured review
Must see history of the Russian Revolution
The film, based on primary source material from many different sources, accurately depicts the first, and only, socialist revolution in history. Throughout the Tsarist empire, the great mass of Russian workers and peasantry lived in deep poverty and were highly exploited by the Tsar, landowning aristocrats, and the capitalist class within Russia and abroad. Immense inequality prevailed not unlike today. With the first imperialist war driving social conditions to the breaking point, the working masses launched strikes, protested in the streets, and raised political demands. Lenin and Leon Trotsky, the two principal leaders of the Russian Revolution, led this mass movement to end the imperialist war, deposed the Kerensky regime, and established a socialist republic based on internationalism and permanent revolution. Despite the degeneration of the October Revolution and its falsification by Stalin and his gang of counter revolutionaries, the film is objectively true, leaving Stalin out of this monumental revolution. The grave digger of October played no role whatsoever. This is a must see for the revolutionary struggles ahead.
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- douglaslyons-27008
- Dec 28, 2023
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- Also known as
- От царя к Ленину
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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