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Officially produced to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Russian Revolution, October quickly became another of Sergei Eisenstein's experiments in film form. As in his masterpiece, Battleship Potemkin, Eisenstein used explosive montage to create the spirit of revolution - in this case, the events in St. Petersburg during the months leading up to the Bolshevik revolt. Eisenstein's insistence on speaking the language of pure film (deploying space, shadow, movement, and rhythm to create his meaning) shoves his mad rush of images straight into the viewer's eye. A worker's rebellion in the streets, followed by the raising of bridges to isolate their neighborhood, becomes a visual symphony of panic. The film has also been known as Ten Days That Shook the World, its release title in the U.S. (borrowed from the book by John Reed). Its value as propaganda can be debated, but October is incredibly dynamic as film art.
Original Release
11/07/1927
US Release
11/02/1928
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nikolay Popov | Kerenskiy |
Vasili Nikandrov | V.I. Lenin / Lenin |
Layaschenko | Konovalov |
Chibisov | Skobolev |
Boris Livanov | Terestsenko / Minister Terestsenko |
Mikholyev | Kishkin |
Nikolai Podvoisky | Bolshevik |
Smelsky | Verderevsky |
Eduard Tisse | German Soldier |
Vladimir Popov | Aleksandr Kerensky |
Directors
Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Writers
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein, John Reed
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nikolay Popov | Kerenskiy |
Vasili Nikandrov | V.I. Lenin / Lenin |
Layaschenko | Konovalov |
Chibisov | Skobolev |
Boris Livanov | Terestsenko / Minister Terestsenko |
Mikholyev | Kishkin |
Nikolai Podvoisky | Bolshevik |
Smelsky | Verderevsky |
Eduard Tisse | German Soldier |
Vladimir Popov | Aleksandr Kerensky |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Arkadiy Alekseyev | Producer |