Lenin in October

Lenin in October (Russian: Ленин в Октябре, romanized: 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.

Lenin in October
Directed byMikhail Romm
Dmitriy Vasilev
Written byAleksei Kapler
StarringBoris Shchukin
Nikolai Okhlopkov
Vasili Vanin
Music byAnatoli Aleksandrov
CinematographyBoris Volchek
Edited byTatyana Likhachyova
Production
company
Release date
7 November 1937
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The film's art direction was by Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke and Nikolai Solovyov.

Cast
  • Boris Shchukin as Vladimir 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
  • Aleksandr Kovalevsky as Aleksandr Kerensky
  • Nikolai Sokolov as Mikhail Rodzyanko
  • Nikolai Chaplygin as Kirilin
  • Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Karnayukhov
  • Klavdiya Korobova as Natasha, Vasily's wife
  • Semyon Goldshtab as Josef Stalin
  • Vladimir Pokrovsky as Felix Dzerzhinsky
  • Anatoliy Papanov as episode

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
  1. Rollberg p.499
  2. Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen and Unwin. p. 339.

Bibliography
  • Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.


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