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As the war continues, Kaiser Wilhelm, tiring from his responsibilities, allows Ludendorff, Hindenburg, Admiral von Holtzendorff and Bethmann-Hollweg to propose riskier strategies for ‘total victory’ (such as unrestricted submarine warfare against neutral shipping). With Rasputin now dead, Alexander Kerensky incites open revolt in the Duma, who support his insistence on the abdication of the Tsar. The Kaiser, fearful of creating a “Bolshevik nemesis”, reluctantly allows Lenin and his compatriots to travel through Germany from exile in Switzerland. With the help of industrialist Dr Helphand, the Russians finally arrive to a heroic homecoming in St Petersburg.
As the war continues, Kaiser Wilhelm, tiring from his responsibilities, allows Ludendorff, Hindenburg, Admiral von Holtzendorff and Bethmann-Hollweg to propose riskier strategies for ‘total victory’ (such as unrestricted submarine warfare against neutral shipping). With Rasputin now dead, Alexander Kerensky incites open revolt in the Duma, who support his insistence on the abdication of the Tsar. The Kaiser, fearful of creating a “Bolshevik nemesis”, reluctantly allows Lenin and his compatriots to travel through Germany from exile in Switzerland. With the help of industrialist Dr Helphand, the Russians finally arrive to a heroic homecoming in St Petersburg.
Guest stars

Patrick Stewart
Vladimir Lenin

Marius Goring
Von Hindenburg

Peter Copley
Bethmann-Hollweg

Hugh Burden
Protopopov

Charles Kay
Tsar Nicholas II

Michael Bates
Von Ludendorff

Gayle Hunnicutt
Tsarina Alexandra

Griffith Jones
Hintze (uncredited)

Lynn Farleigh
Nadezhda Krupskaya

Michael Gough
Helphand

Tom Conti
Glazkov

Jim Norton
Kerensky
Crew

Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director

Ken Hughes
Writer

Stuart Burge
Producer