Oktiabr' . October

This reconstruction of the October Revolution was made in celebration of its 10th anniversary. It was later renamed "Ten Days That Shook the World", after the famous book written by John Reed. The film commemorates the historical period from the fall of tsarism to the October Revolution. I...

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Other Authors: Eisenstein, Sergei
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Russian
Published: Sovkino 1927
Soviet Union
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:3b82ce58-265b-468d-a7d1-4255d669af06
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author2 Eisenstein, Sergei
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collection OSA Film Library
dateSpan 1927
description This reconstruction of the October Revolution was made in celebration of its 10th anniversary. It was later renamed "Ten Days That Shook the World", after the famous book written by John Reed. The film commemorates the historical period from the fall of tsarism to the October Revolution. It became canonized as an 'official version' of the events. An exemplary case of 'intellectual montage' cinema.
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institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
language Russian
publishDate 1927
publisher Sovkino
Soviet Union
spellingShingle Oktiabr' . October
[Fiction film]
title Oktiabr' . October
topic [Fiction film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:3b82ce58-265b-468d-a7d1-4255d669af06