October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

About October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

As the Russian monarchy crumbles, conflicts at Petrograd intensify, with Soviet hero V.I.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) is a 1928 drama film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei Eisenstein. Vladimir Popov stars as Aleksandr Kerensky, Vasili Nikandrov as Lenin, Layaschenko as Konovalov, and Boris Livanov as Minister Terestsenko.

At 115 minutes long, it arrived in May 1928. Written by Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei Eisenstein.

Shelv files it under government, coup d'etat, monarchy, and russian revolution (1917). In the United States it streams on IndieFlix and IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 231 TMDB voters.

Battleship Potemkin, Anastasia, and Man with a Movie Camera make useful companions to October (Ten Days that Shook the World), all filed under silent film and soviet realism.