Lenin in October
Lenin in October | |
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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 date | 7 November 1937 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Lenin in October (Russian: Ленин в Октябре, translit. Lenin v oktyabre) is a 1937 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Mikhail Romm and Dmitriy Vasilev and starring Boris Shchukin, Nikolai Okhlopkov and Vasili Vanin.[1] Made as a Soviet-realist propaganda work by the GOSKINO at the 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; after his death, all his scenes were expunged from the film for its reissue in 1958.
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
Production
Stalin wanted a film that showed the October Revolution and the men responsible for it, just in time for its twentieth anniversary. As soon as Alexei Kapler's scenario was approved by the highest authorities, Lenin in October was put into production on August 10th, already late in the year. The only director available was Mikhail Romm. Lenin in October was ready for release on November 7th, only three months after the shooting commenced.[2]
References
- ↑ Rollberg p.499
- ↑ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 339.
Bibliography
- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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