October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

1928 · 115 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 8,722 VOTES · DIR. Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) poster

Overview

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.

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Dialogue Timeline — 373 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 Studio MOSFILM
00:01:24 account of the early days of
00:02:45 ScreenpIay and Direction
00:06:05 TO THE CITIZENS OF RUSSIA!
00:11:00 ApriI 3rd
00:13:40 Meeting foIIowed meeting outside the buiIding where
00:20:28 The ''PRAVDA''
00:24:52 A true democrat!
00:30:20 ''GeneraI...
00:33:28 KorniIov is advancing.
00:37:59 The ''TRAITORS.''
00:43:45 The hour drew near.
00:45:59 The Palace Square... The Winter Palace...
00:50:10 The morning of October 25th.
00:53:54 so that we can return at the head of
00:59:47 From Kronstadt.
01:02:30 ''That question is...
01:05:33 EIection of the Congress Presidium.
01:14:12 Time was running out.
01:19:03 The infiItrators had done their job.
01:21:11 ''RaIIy to the Soviets!''
01:26:02 The signaI!
01:37:21 MOSCOW
25:19:01 Antonov Ovseyenko.

Cast & Characters

Boris Livanov Terestsenko Nikolay Popov Kerenskiy Vasili Nikandrov V.I. Lenin Layaschenko Konovalov Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko Self Chibisov Skobolev Mikholyev Kishkin Nikolai Podvoisky Bolshevik Smelsky Verderevsky Eduard Tisse German Soldier

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed373
Dialogue density3.2 lines / min
First line00:00:12
Final line25:19:01

Production Record

DirectorSergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes8,722