Lenin in October

1h 33m

Drama History

5.8

Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.

Cast

Boris Shchukin

Vladimir Ilich Lenin

Nikolai Okhlopkov

Vasily

Vasili Vanin

Factory Foreman Matveyev

Nikolai Arsky

Blinov, worker (as N. Arsky)

Nikolai Chaplygin

Kirilin

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Karnayukhov (as V. Vladislavsky)

Semyon Goldshtab

Josef Stalin

Nikolai Svobodin

Rutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary

Vadim Ganshin

Zhukov, the Menshevik

Yelena Shatrova

Anna Mikhailovna

Aleksandr Kovalevsky

Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerenski

Nikolai Sokolov

Mikhail Vladimir Rodzyanko

Klavdiya Korobova

Natasha, Vasily's wife (as K. Korobova)

Vladimir Pokrovskiy

Dzerzhinsky (as V. Pokrovsky)

Ivan Lagutin

Unknown

Crew

Mikhail Romm

Director

Dmitriy Vasilev

Co-Director

Aleksei Kapler

Writer

Tatyana Likhachyova

Editor

Esfir Tobak

Assistant Editor

Boris Volchek

Director of Photography

Isidor Simkov

Assistant Director

Igor Vakar

Executive Producer

Nikolay Privezentsev

Executive Producer

Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke

Production Design

Nikolai Solovyov

Production Design

Igor Gelein

Camera Operator

Era Savelyeva

Camera Operator

A. Yermolov

Makeup & Hair

Vladimir Bogdankevich

Sound Director

Boris Volsky

Sound

Anatoliy Aleksandrov

Original Music Composer