BBC Four - October: Ten Days That Shook the World (original) (raw)

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Presented in documentary style, this 1928 Soviet silent film recreates the events in Petrograd, beginning with the crumbling of the Russian monarchy in February 1917.

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Presented in documentary style, this 1928 Soviet silent film recreates the events in Petrograd, beginning with the crumbling of the Russian monarchy in February 1917 to the ousting of the provisional government from the Winter Palace by the Bolsheviks in November of that year. Commissioned by the Soviet government on the tenth anniversary of the Revolution, this iconic film continues to receive attention for its dramatic use of imagery.

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Music Played

Dmitry Shostakovich

Symphony No. 12: Adagio (The Sunrise of Humanity)

Credits

Role Contributor
Lenin Vasili Nikandrov
Kerenskiy Nikolay Popov
Terestsenko Boris Livanov
German Soldier Eduard Tisse
Konovalov Layaschenko
Verderevsky Smelsky
Skobolev Chibisov
Director Sergei Eisenstein
Director Grigori Alexandrov
Writer Sergei Eisenstein
Writer Grigori Alexandrov

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The Russian Revolution Centenary

A collection of programmes marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution