October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

115 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 20, 1928

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.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

115 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 20, 1928

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Sovkino
Original title Октябрь
Directors Ilya Trauberg, Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein
Writers John Reed, Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein

Cast

Vladimir Popov

as Aleksandr Kerensky

Vasili Nikandrov

as Lenin

Layaschenko

as Konovalov

Boris Livanov

as Minister Terestsenko

Mikholyev

as Kishkin

Chibisov

as Skobolev

Nikolai Padvoisky

as Bolshevik

Smelsky

as Verderevsky

Eduard Tisse

as German Soldier