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October: Ten Days That Shook the World

Presented in documentary style, this 1928 Soviet silent film recreates the events in Petrograd, beginning with the crumbling of the Russian monarchy in February 1917.

Presented in documentary style, this 1928 Soviet silent film recreates the events in Petrograd, beginning with the crumbling of the Russian monarchy in February 1917 to the ousting of the provisional government from the Winter Palace by the Bolsheviks in November of that year. Commissioned by the Soviet government on the tenth anniversary of the Revolution, this iconic film continues to receive attention for its dramatic use of imagery.

1 hour, 40 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Nov 201720:00
BBC Four

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 12: Adagio (The Sunrise of Humanity)

Credits

LeninVasili Nikandrov
KerenskiyNikolay Popov
TerestsenkoBoris Livanov
German SoldierEduard Tisse
KonovalovLayaschenko
VerderevskySmelsky
SkobolevChibisov
DirectorSergei Eisenstein
DirectorGrigori Alexandrov
WriterSergei Eisenstein
WriterGrigori Alexandrov

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