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Title October Days
Production Date 1958; 1968
Country of Production USSR
Duration 01:40:57
Production Company Lenfilm; Mosfilm
Film Subject Era 1917-1924
Genre Drama
Summary Drama depicting the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution.
Original Title В дни октября
Subjects Russian Revolution (1917); Bolsheviks; First World War (1914-1918); Civil wars; Imperialism; Capitalism; Police; Railways; Exiles; Social class; Government; Politics; Mensheviks; Workers; Assassinations; Military; Weapons; Soldiers; Socialism; Newspapers; Counter-revolutions; Women; Army; Navy; Communist Party (USSR); Journalism; Propaganda; Leisure; Entertainment; Traditional music; Political parties and movements
Director Vasiliev, Sergei
Cast
Cast member:
Chestnokov, V., Brenner, V., Lyubashevsky, Leonid, Shestakov, A., Volosov, D., Kobaladze, A., Kalinis, K., Satini, G., Mamayeva, N., Borisov, A., Plotnikov, S., Khovanov, G., Lavrov, K., Bobina, A., Fyodorinov, A., Vodyanitskaya, G., Volkov, N., Kurilov, S., Ehrenberg, V., Freindlikh, B., Strzhelchik, V., Grabbe, G.

Contributors
Screenplay:
Vasilyev, Sergei, Otten, Nikolai

Photography:
Dudko, A.

Set Designer:
Black, A.

Music:
Chaikovsky, Boris

Sound:
Khutoryansky, B.

People Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-1924); Krupskaya, Nadezhda (1869-1939); Sverdlov, Yakov (1885-1919); Kerensky, Alexander (1881-1970); Alekseyev, Mikhail (1857-1918); Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)
Places Russia; Leningrad (St Petersburg, Petrograd); USA (United States of America); USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Fiction/Non Fiction Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 35mm Comb BW pos
Language English (Subtitles); Russian (Dialogue)
Module Wars & Revolutions
BFI Identifier N-507210
Copyright The British Film Institute