October (Ten Days that Shook the World)(Октябрь)
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Soviet Union · 1928
1h 55m
Director Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Starring Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Boris Livanov
Genre Drama, History
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A celebratory docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, commissioned ten years after the event. Edited in Eisenstein's Soviet Montage style, it re-enacts several key scenes from the revolution in their original setting with a cast of thousands.
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