October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (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.
Directors:
Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov.
Writers:
Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein.
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Vladimir Popov as Aleksandr Kerensky |
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Vasili Nikandrov as Lenin |
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Layaschenko as Konovalov |
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Boris Livanov as Minister Terestsenko |
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Mikholyev as Kishkin |
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Chibisov as Skobolev |
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Nikolai Padvoisky as Bolshevik |
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Smelsky as Verderevsky |
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Eduard Tisse as German Soldier |
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Nikolay Popov as Kerenskiy |
| Writing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Screenplay |
| Sound | Edmund Meisel | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sergei Eisenstein | Screenplay |
| Directing | Sergei Eisenstein | Director |
| Directing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Director |
| Camera | Eduard Tisse | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vasiliy Kovrigin | Art Direction |
| Art | A. Alekseev | Art Direction |
| Sound | Valentin Ladygin | Sound |
| Sound | V. Babushkin | Sound |
| Directing | Mikhail Gomorov | Assistant Director |
| Writing | John Reed | Book |
| Editing | Esfir Tobak | Editor |
| Sound | Frank Strobel | Conductor |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Ilya Trauberg | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maksim Shtraukh | Assistant Director |
| Production | Arkadiy Alekseyev | Producer |