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Oktiabr
(October)
Also known as October and Ten Days That Shook the World in the USA : [Oktyabr], [Oktiabre]
(1928) Soviet Union
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels
Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein

Cast: Boris Livanov [Terestsenko], N. Popov (Nikolay Popov) [Kerenskiy], Vasili Nikandrov [V.I. Lenin], Grigori Aleksandrov, [?] ? Layaschenko [Konovalov], [?] ? Chibisov [Skobolev], {/] ? Mikholyev [Kishkin], N. Podvoisky (Nikolai Podvoisky) [a Bolshevik], [?] ? Smelsky [Verderevsky], Eduard Tisse [a German soldier]

Sovkino production; distributed by Sovkino. / Scenario by Sergei M. Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, from the book Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed. Art direction by V. Kovrigin (Vasili Kovrigin). Assistant directors, M. Gomorov (Mikhail Gomorov), M. Shtraukh (Maksim Shtraukh) and I. Trauberg (Ilya Trauberg). Cinematography by Eduard Tissé. Original music score by Edmund Meisel. / Released March 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Amkino Corporation on 2 November 1928. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm preservation positive].

Current rights holder: (unknown) [Russia]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Revolutions - Russia

Listing updated: 7 November 2023.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 175, 273-274, 277; Bohn-Light pp. xxv, 141, 146-147, 148, 150, 153, 154, 159; Everson-American p. 185; Geduld-Birth p. 39; Kael-Kiss pp. 357-358; Kerr-Silent p. 44; Lahue-Collecting pp. 32-33, 50; Leish-Cinema pp. 40-41; Limbacher-Feature p. 244; Maltin-Classic p. 499; Perry-British p. 52; Shipman-Cinema pp. 100, 101; Sinyard-Silent pp. 167-168, 189; Sklar-Movie pp. 63, 155; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 110, 151, 174-175, 187, 204, 318 : ClasIm-204 p. C24 : Website-IMDb.

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