Lenin in October (1937)

  • NR
  • 11/07/1937 (SU)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 33m

Overview

Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.

Mikhail Romm

Director

Aleksei Kapler

Writer

Dmitriy Vasilev

Director

Cast

Boris Shchukin's headshot

Boris Shchukin

Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Nikolai Okhlopkov's headshot

Nikolai Okhlopkov

Vasily
Vasili Vanin's headshot

Vasili Vanin

Factory Foreman Matveyev
Nikolai Arsky's headshot

Nikolai Arsky

Blinov, worker (as N. Arsky)
Nikolai Chaplygin's headshot

Nikolai Chaplygin

Kirilin
Vladimir Vladislavskiy's headshot

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Karnayukhov (as V. Vladislavsky)
Semyon Goldshtab's headshot

Semyon Goldshtab

Josef Stalin
Nikolai Svobodin's headshot

Nikolai Svobodin

Rutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary

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