ENDStudio MOSFILM
OCTOBER
This film
was produced in 1927
by a group
of soviet filmakers,
led by Sergei Eisenstein
for the Tenth Anniversary
of the October Revolution.
This film recreates
the events of October 1917
with the greatest possible realism.
Many participants of
the Revolution,
Red Guards,
soldiers and sailors
appear in the film.
Among them is
Nikolai Podvolsky,
one of the leaders
of the armed uprising.
Leningrad and its streets,
the Winter Palace,
the corridors of the Smolny,
were the same as in that
fateful year.
Thus, OCTOBER 1917 renders
a stirring "eyewitness"
account of the early days of
the birth of the
Soviet Union.
A masterpiece created by
one of the world's greatest
film directors,
it's a welcome
gift to film viewers.
The original film premiered
in the era of the silent screen.
This sound version was made by
Eisenstein's associate
Grigory Alexandrov.
The music is by
Dimitri Shostakovich.
Sound : V. Ladyguina
V. Babouchkine
OCTOBER 1917
this film is dedicated
to the Petrograd
Proletariat
heroes of the October
Revolution.
Commissioned by the October
Revolution Jubilee Committee.
Chairman,
Nikolai Podvolsky.
Screenplay and Direction,
SERGEl EISENSTEIN
and GRIGORY ALEXANDROV
Camera,
EDUARD TISSE
We have the right to be proud
that to us fell the good fortune
of beginning the building of the
Soviet State and by doing so,
opening a new chapter in the
history of the world.
VLADIMIR ULYANOV (LENIN)
ALEXANDER III, EMPEROR
OF RUSSIA.
FEBRUARY
The proletariat's first
victory on the road to
socialism.
TO THE CITIZENS
OF RUSSIA!
TO THE CITIZENS
OF RUSSIA!
Long live the
Provisional Government!
TO THE CITIZENS
OF RUSSIA!
To the citizens of
Russia?
That means...
BROTHER !
FRIEND!
The Provisional Government...
...will continue to honor
the commitments made to
the allied powers.
One pound of bread.
One half pound...
One quarter pound...
One eight pound...
The same old story...
Hunger and War.
But...
Outside the Finland
railway station.
April 3rd
"It's him !"
"Ulyanov!"
"LENIN !"
"Long live the revolutionary
soldiers and workers who
have overthrown the Monarchy!"
"No support for the
Provisional Government!"
"Long live the Socialist
Revolution !"
Socialist...not Bourgeoisie.
Five months of Bourgeoisie
Government...
No Peace
No Bread
No Land
JULY
Days of the people's wrath.
"Down with the
capitalist ministers!"
"Down with the
Provisional Government!"
Meeting followed meeting
outside the building where
the Petrograd Committee of
the Bolsheviks was housed.
"An uprising is premature!"
"The enemy will try
to provoke us!"
"We call for calm
and restraint!"
Kronstadt Sailors.
"The party will lead you
when the times comes."
NEVSKY PROSPECT
Corner of Sadovaya Square
Stronghold of the
reactionary newspaper...
Editorial offices of
THE EVENING TIMES.
TO THE RESCUE OF THE BANNER.
"BOLSHEVIK!"
The government ordered
the bridges raised...
to cut off the workers'
districts from the center.
The victors threw copies
of THE PRAVDA into the river.
The counter-revolutionaries
had won.
The "PRAVDA"
The 1st Machinegun Regiment...
called for solidarity
with the workers.
TURNCOATS!
TRAITORS!
BOLSHEVIKS!
Headquarters of the Bolshevik
military organisation.
The Petrograd Committee
of The Bolshevik Party.
DICTATOR.
Minister Of The Army.
Minister Of The Navy.
Prime minister,
Etc., etc., etc...
Hope of the Nation
and the Revolution :
Alexander Kerensky.
The tsar's lackeys.
A true democrat!
The "ROYAL" democrat!
The "TURNCOATS."
The "TRAITORS."
On July 6th, the Provisional
Government ordered
the arrest of Lenin.
Lenin had gone underground.
But he directed the 6th Party
Congress, which planned
an armed uprising.
In the chambers of
Empress Alexandra.
Alexander Kerensky.
In the chambers of
Alexander III.
Alexander IV?
"Order For The Reinstatement
Of The Death Penalty."
NAPOLEON?