Isidor Simkov

Movies

Lenin in 1918
Co-Director
Historical-revolutionary film about Lenin’s activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.
Lenin in October
Assistant Director
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.
Circus
Director
An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.