Lenin in October
| Lenin in October | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Mikhail Romm Dmitriy Vasilev |
| Written by | Aleksei Kapler |
| Starring |
Boris Shchukin Nikolai Okhlopkov Vasili Vanin |
| Music by | Anatoli Aleksandrov |
| Cinematography | Boris Volchek |
| Edited by | Tatyana Likhachyova |
Production company | |
Release dates | 7 November 1937 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Lenin in October (Russian:Lenin v oktyabre) is a 1937 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Romm and Dmitriy Vasilev and starring Boris Shchukin, Nikolai Okhlopkov and Vasili Vanin.[1] Made as a propaganda work by the Communist-controlled Mosfilm studio, it portrays the activities of Lenin at the time of the October Revolution. Josef Stalin was given a more prominent role in the film than he actually played in real life events of the time.
The film's art direction was by Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke and Nikolai Solovyov.
Cast
- Boris Shchukin as Vladimir Ilich Lenin
- Nikolai Okhlopkov as Vasily
- Vasili Vanin as Factory Foreman Matveyev
- Nikolai Svobodin as Rutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary
- Vadim Ganshin as Zhukov, the Menshevik
- Yelena Shatrova as Anna Mikhailovna
- Nikolai Arsky as Blinov, worker
- Ivan Lagutin as Filep
- A. Kovalevsky as Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerenski
- Nikolai Sokolov as Mikhail Vladimir Rodzyanko
- Nikolai Chaplygin as Kirilin
- Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Karnayukhov
- Klavdiya Korobova as Natasha, Vasily's wife
- Semyon Goldshtab as Josef Stalin
- Vladimir Pokrovskiy as Dzerzhinsky
- Anatoliy Papanov
References
- ↑ Rollberg p.499
Bibliography
- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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