October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)

  • NR
  • 11/02/1928 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 55m

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.

Grigori Aleksandrov

Screenplay, Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Vladimir Popov's headshot

Vladimir Popov

Aleksandr Kerensky
Vasili Nikandrov's headshot

Vasili Nikandrov

Lenin
Layaschenko's headshot

Layaschenko

Konovalov
Boris Livanov's headshot

Boris Livanov

Minister Terestsenko
Mikholyev's headshot

Mikholyev

Kishkin
Chibisov's headshot

Chibisov

Skobolev
Nikolai Padvoisky's headshot

Nikolai Padvoisky

Bolshevik
Smelsky's headshot

Smelsky

Verderevsky

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