Lenin in Paris
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43% Critic Match

Lenin in Paris

4.3 / 10 1981 1h 46mNR Russian
HistoryDrama

Storyline

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. Through a chain of historical parallels and associations, this time is intertwined with the events of the Paris Commune, the October Revolution and the political struggles of the post-revolutionary years.

Cast & Crew

Yuriy Kayurov

Yuriy Kayurov

Lenin

Lead
Claude Jade

Claude Jade

Inessa Armand

Vladimir Antonik

Vladimir Antonik

Trofimow

Valentina Svetlova

Valentina Svetlova

Krupskaya

Pavel Kadochnikov

Pavel Kadochnikov

Paul Lafargue

Antonina Maksimova

Antonina Maksimova

Laura Lafargue

Boris Ivanov

Boris Ivanov

Jacob Zhitomirsky

Albert Filozov

Albert Filozov

Anarchist

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sergei Yutkevich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Lenin in Paris is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker