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

6.9 / 10 1928 1h 55mNR Russian
DramaHistory

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Vladimir Popov

Vladimir Popov

Aleksandr Kerensky

Lead
VN

Vasili Nikandrov

Lenin

L

Layaschenko

Konovalov

Boris Livanov

Boris Livanov

Minister Terestsenko

M

Mikholyev

Kishkin

C

Chibisov

Skobolev

NP

Nikolai Padvoisky

Bolshevik

S

Smelsky

Verderevsky

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sergei Eisenstein's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. October (Ten Days that Shook the World) is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker