October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

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.

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

Top cast

Vladimir Popov

Aleksandr Kerensky

V

Vasili Nikandrov

Lenin

L

Layaschenko

Konovalov

Boris Livanov

Minister Terestsenko

M

Mikholyev

Kishkin

C

Chibisov

Skobolev

N

Nikolai Padvoisky

Bolshevik

S

Smelsky

Verderevsky

Eduard Tisse

German Soldier

N

Nikolay Popov

Kerenskiy

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