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October 1917 a Corinth Films release from Mosfilm Studios ; screenplay and direction, Sergei Eisenstein and Grigory Alexandrov
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Okti︠a︡brʹ (Motion picture). English
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Drama--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Saint Petersburg (Russia).
- Soviet Union--Drama--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Propaganda films
- Silent films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (102 min., 41 sec.)) sound, black and white
- Other Title:
- October (ten days that shook the world) Title on website (viewed 2024 October 15):
- Ten days that shook the world
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2024?]
- Language Note:
- Intertitles in English
- System Details:
- silent
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- 1927 Soviet silent propaganda film by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, sometimes referred to as October. It is a film epic about the 1917 October Revolution and Revolution in Petrograd. The title is taken from John Reed's book on the Revolution, Ten Days That Shook The World. The film was commissioned by the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. Its premiere took place at the Bolshoi Theatre on November 7, 1927
- Participant:
- V. Nikandrov, N. Popov, Boris Lianov, Edward Tisse
- Credits:
- Camera, Eduard Tisse ; music, Dmitri Shostokovich
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1927
- Silent film, with music
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 October 29)
- OCLC:
- 1464815431
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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