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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Drama, History - 1928
7.5
93%
N/A
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
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Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
20 Jan 1928
Country:
SU
Languages:
xx
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

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,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The film remains an interesting oddity rather than entertaining or illuminating. Indeed, watching it today can seem hard work.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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