THE REVOLUTION

The film investigates the extraordinary chain of events that led to the October Revolution in 1917. In just a few months, the prosperous empire slid into chaos and anarchy. How did it happen? Appropriate historical conditions combined with radical personal ambitions, fueled by clever opportunists with foreign money. But none of it would work, if it were not for Lenin. He appeared just in time and won the crowds with brilliant and simple messages about world peace, global revolution, and equality for all. The whole country was so enamored with this rhetoric, it stepped into the Revolution that forever changed the world…