This picture has been largely compiled from original film and photographs taken between 1896 and 1917. But in order to cover the few occasions when cameramen were not present it has also made use of sequences which were reconstructed in the exact locations for Soviet feature films, and especially from OCTOBER by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Alexandrov.
Robert Stephens is a member of the National Theatre Players Barbara Jefford and Janet Suzman are members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, London