OCTOBER

Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Boris Agapow

Eduard Tisse

Nikolay Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Chibisov, Boris Livanov, Mikholyev

Commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, OCTOBER (TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD) recreates the events that led to the fall of the Russian Empire and gave rise to Soviet Russia, ranging from the first revolutionary efforts in February to the storming of the Winter Palace. This reimagining of the revolution is determined by Eisenstein’s pioneering style, as well as by the propagandist vision of violence and insurrection pushed by Stalinist authorities.

DCP, color

Mosfilm, Films Sans Frontièrs

Sergei M. Eisenstein
LATVIA 1898 – 1948

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

1945 IVAN GROZNYY / IVAN THE TERRIBLE
1938 ALEKSANDR NEVSKIY / ALEXANDER NEVSKY
1932 DA ZDRAVSTVUYET MEKSIKA! / ¡QUÉ VIVA MÉXICO!
1925 BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN / BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
1925 STACHKA / STRIKE

Grigoriy Aleksandrov
RUSSIA 1903 - 1983

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

1952 KOMPOZITOR GLINKA / MAN OF MUSIC
1949 VSTRECHA NA ELBE / ENCOUNTER AT THE ELBE
1947 VESNA / SPRING
1938 VOLGA - VOLGA
1936 TSIRK / CIRCUS