OKTYABR
(1927) USSR
a.k.a. Ten Days That Shook the World
Directed by
Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei M. Eisenstein
Cast:
Layaschenko (Minister)
Boris Livanov (Minister Terestsenko)
Vasili Nikandrov (V.I. Lenin)
Vladimir Popov (Kerensky)
Eduard Tisse (German Soldier)

In documentary style, events in Petrograd are
re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in
February of 1917 to the end of the provisional
government. This classic is a startlingly filmed
and remarkably staged piece of cinema.
Orchestra score
103 minutes