October, 1917 [Videorecording] / Mosfilm Studios, USSR.
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FilmReference number:23244256Publisher number: 1621Publication details: [New York] West Long Branch, NJ : Corinth Films ; White Star (distributor), c1988. (package c1990)Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (104 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 inISBN: 1561276219Other title: Ten days that shook the worldUniform titles: Okt�i�abr� Subject(s): Silent films | Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917 | Revolutions in motion pictures | Reed, John, 1887-1920 -- Film and video adaptations | Motion pictures, RussianProduction credits: Producer, Sovkino ; directors/script, Sergei M. Eisenstein and Grigori V. Alexandrov ; photography, Eduard Tisse.Cast: Vasili Nikandrov (Lenin), N. Popov (Kerensky), Nikolai Podvoisky (as himself)Summary: A re-enactment through Eisenstein's artistic vision detailing the events leading up to the Russian Revolution. Relying on unknown actors and montage photography, it resembles newsreel footage, and is frequently used in that capacity in documentaries.
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Videocassette release of the 1927 silent film, commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution. The original version was heavily censored by Stalin, but in 1967 this full restoration was made, with a music score by Shostakovich and sound effects track added.
Based on the book, Ten days that shook the world, by John Reed; released in the United States in a shorter version under that title in 1928.
Producer, Sovkino ; directors/script, Sergei M. Eisenstein and Grigori V. Alexandrov ; photography, Eduard Tisse.
Vasili Nikandrov (Lenin), N. Popov (Kerensky), Nikolai Podvoisky (as himself)
A re-enactment through Eisenstein's artistic vision detailing the events leading up to the Russian Revolution. Relying on unknown actors and montage photography, it resembles newsreel footage, and is frequently used in that capacity in documentaries.
VHS format.
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