A brilliant construction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers, sailors and factory workers overthrew the provisional Government of Russia, bringing Lenin and the Bolsheviks to power. Made by Sergei Eisenstein just ten years after the revolution. The vitality of his imagination, the symbols and metaphors with which he illuminates history, the fantastic spectacle, the sheer erudition have survived six decades undiminished.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
324074
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union
History → Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924
History → Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)