Drama ·History · Soviet Union · 1937 · 1h 33m

Lenin in October

Ленин в Октябре

Lenin in October poster
Director
Mikhail Romm
Cast
Boris Shchukin as Vladimir Ilich Lenin Nikolai Okhlopkov as Vasily Vasili Vanin as Factory Foreman Matveyev Nikolai Arsky as Blinov, worker (as N. Arsky) Nikolai Chaplygin as Kirilin Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Karnayukhov (as V. Vladislavsky)
Crew
Boris Volchek — Director of Photography Tatyana Likhachyova — Editor Anatoliy Aleksandrov — Original Music Composer Aleksei Kapler — Writer Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke — Production Design Nikolai Solovyov — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
biographyrussian revolution (1917)communismsocialist realism
Key Collaborators
Mikhail Romm Director Boris Volchek Director of Photography Tatyana Likhachyova Editor Anatoliy Aleksandrov Original Music Composer Aleksei Kapler Writer Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke Production Design Nikolai Solovyov Production Design
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