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The film remains an interesting oddity rather than entertaining or illuminating. Indeed, watching it today can seem hard work.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928 · 1h 55m · N/A
Drama, History
Directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
,
Grigori Aleksandrov
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Overview
As the Russian monarchy crumbles, conflicts at Petrograd intensify, with Soviet hero V.I. Lenin leading the rebellion that overthrows the tsar's Winter Palace.
Director and cast
- Sergei Eisenstein Director
- Grigori Aleksandrov Director
- Vladimir Popov as Aleksandr Kerensky
- Vasili Nikandrov as Lenin
- Layaschenko as Konovalov
- Boris Livanov as Minister Terestsenko
- Mikholyev as Kishkin
- N. Podvoisky as Bolshevik
- Chibisov as Skobolev
- Nikolai Padvoisky as Bolshevik
- Smelsky as Verderevsky
- Eduard Tisse as German Soldier
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Much of the montage is reductive and static, but some of the action scenes are genuinely stirring -- when he wasn't editorializing, the man really could cut film.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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