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October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)

Genre : Drama, History

Runtime : 1H 55M

Director : Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer : Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Vladimir Popov
Vladimir Popov
Aleksandr Kerensky
Vasili Nikandrov
Vasili Nikandrov
Lenin
Layaschenko
Layaschenko
Konovalov
Boris Livanov
Boris Livanov
Minister Terestsenko
Mikholyev
Mikholyev
Kishkin
Chibisov
Chibisov
Skobolev
Nikolai Padvoisky
Nikolai Padvoisky
Bolshevik
Smelsky
Smelsky
Verderevsky
Eduard Tisse
Eduard Tisse
German Soldier

Crews

Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Screenplay
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Screenplay
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel
Original Music Composer
Eduard Tisse
Eduard Tisse
Director of Photography
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Director
Vasili Kovrigin
Vasili Kovrigin
Art Direction
A. Alekseev
A. Alekseev
Art Direction
Viktor Maslennikov
Viktor Maslennikov
Camera Operator
V. Babushkin
V. Babushkin
Sound
V. Ladygin
V. Ladygin
Sound
John Reed
John Reed
Book
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Esfir Tobak
Esfir Tobak
Editor
Mikhail Gomorov
Mikhail Gomorov
Assistant Director
Maksim Shtraukh
Maksim Shtraukh
Assistant Director
Ilya Trauberg
Ilya Trauberg
Assistant Director
Frank Strobel
Frank Strobel
Conductor

Posters and backgrounds

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