October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
PG
08/05/2000 (GB)
Drama
1h 55m
- 69% (204 votes)
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Overview
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
- Grigori AleksandrovDirector, Screenplay
- Sergei EisensteinDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
Октябрь
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Keywords
- government
- coup d'etat
- czar / tsar / tzar
- monarchy
- silent film
- russian revolution (1917)
- soviet realism
Top Billed Cast
Vladimir Popov
Aleksandr Kerensky
Vasili Nikandrov
Lenin
Layaschenko
Konovalov
Boris Livanov
Minister Terestsenko
Mikholyev
Kishkin
Chibisov
Skobolev
Nikolai Padvoisky
Bolshevik
Smelsky
Verderevsky
Eduard Tisse
German Soldier
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