Lenin in October (1937)

Original title

Ленин в Октябре

Directed by

Dmitri Vasilyev, Mikhail Romm

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Soviet biography shows Lenin leading the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution. It follows his political work and speeches as the uprising takes place.

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What happens

Lenin in October (Russian: Ленин в Октябре, romanized: Lenin v oktyabre) is a 1937 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Mikhail Romm and Dmitri Vasilyev and starring Boris Shchukin, Nikolay Okhlopkov and Vasili Vanin. Made as a Soviet-realist propaganda work by the GOSKINO at the Mosfilm studio, it portrays the activities of Lenin at the time of the October Revolution. All Stalin scenes were expunged from the film for its reissue in 1958. The movie was followed by Lenin in 1918, which was made two years later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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