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The Lenin Factor (2019)
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Original name: Ленин. Неизбежность
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having dedicated his life to the preparation of the revolution in the Russian Empire, Vladimir Lenin, living in exile in Switzerland, desperately seeks a way back to Russia to take control. Options are few when Lenin receives an offer from Alexander Parvus, the most infamous of political opportunists, who has made a deal with Germany to sponsor the revolution under Lenin’s command and smuggle Lenin and his comrades into Russia. Aware that making a deal with 2 devils could cost him everything, Lenin knows he must outsmart and outmaneuver Parvus and the Germans at any cost...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, dramatic, tense, political thriller, suspenseful, intense, period drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lenin, revolutionary, power struggle, political unrest, biopic, communist, state affairs, politics, bolshevik, protest, communist propaganda, pursuit, exile, leadership, ideology, imperial russia, smuggling, strategy, moral dilemma, marxism, betrayal, conspiracy, espionage, underground movement, diplomacy ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
russia, germany, switzerland
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