A scene from Nicholas & Alexandra 1971
Alexander Kerensky

[October Revolution. Bolsheviks make plans to capture infrastructure and government buildings. Kerensky and his staff are trapped inside their boardroom]

They captured the police station? Exactly how powerful are the Bolsheviks?

Government Official

Quite. We made a serious mistake in heeding our allies and continuing the war. The citizenry wanted out of this war. Lenin offered them peace.

Alexander Kerensky

What would it require to smash them?

General Alexiev

One battalion, sir. But I do not know if I have that many soldiers. At least not ones I can trust.

Russian Lieutenant

Look out the window!

Russian Lieutenant

[Provisional Government peers out window to a nearby naval base where a cruiser is shining its lights directly on their building]

The cruiser Aurora. And she has her guns aimed directly at us!

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