October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) movie
In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February of 1917 to the end of the provisional government and the decrees of peace and of land in November of that year. Lenin returns in April. In July, counter-revolutionaries put down a spontaneous revolt, and Lenin's arrest is ordered. By late October, the Bolsheviks are ready to strike: ten days will shake the world. While the Mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the palace. Anatov-Oveyenko leads the attack and declares the proclamation dissolving the provisional government.
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) movie
Genres: Drama, History, Silent film
Production Co: Sovkino
Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Writing Credits: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov, Boris Agapow (intertitles), John Reed (book)
Music by Edmund Meisel, Dmitri Shostakovich
Cinematography by Eduard Tisse
Cast:
Nikolay Popov as Kerenskiy
Vasili Nikandrov as V.I. Lenin
Layaschenko as Konovalov
Chibisov as Skobolev
Boris Livanov as Terestsenko
Mikholyev as Kishkin
Nikolai Podvoisky as Bolshevik
Smelsky as Verderevsky
Eduard Tisse as German Soldier
