History · Soviet Union · 1981 · 1h 46m

Lenin in Paris

Ленин в Париже

Lenin in Paris poster
Director
Sergei Yutkevich
Cast
Yuriy Kayurov as Lenin Claude Jade as Inessa Armand Vladimir Antonik as Trofimow Valentina Svetlova as Krupskaya Pavel Kadochnikov as Paul Lafargue Antonina Maksimova as Laura Lafargue
Crew
Nikolay Nemolyaev — Director of Photography L. Knyazeva — Editor Yelena Galkina — Editor Grigori Frid — Original Music Composer Sergei Yutkevich — Writer Yevgeni Gabrilovich — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
paris, francerevolutionfrench revolutionbiographyinessa armandfalling in loveextramarital affairrussian revolution (1917)
Key Collaborators
Sergei Yutkevich Director Nikolay Nemolyaev Director of Photography L. Knyazeva Editor Yelena Galkina Editor Grigori Frid Original Music Composer Sergei Yutkevich Writer Yevgeni Gabrilovich Writer Lyudmila Kusakova Production Design Svetlana Bashlykova Costume Design
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