October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Vladimir Popov

Aleksandr Kerensky

Vasili Nikandrov

Lenin

Layaschenko

Konovalov

Boris Livanov

Minister Terestsenko

Mikholyev

Kishkin

Chibisov

Skobolev

Nikolai Padvoisky

Bolshevik

Smelsky

Verderevsky

Eduard Tisse

German Soldier

Nikolay Popov

Kerenskiy