
In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February of 1917 to the end of the provisional government and the decrees of peace and of land in November of that year. Lenin returns in April. In July, counter-revolutionaries put down a spontaneous revolt, and Lenin's arrest is ordered. By late October, the Bolsheviks are ready to strike: ten days will shake the world. While the Mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the pa... (Full plot summary below)
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In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February of 1917 to the end of the provisional government and the decrees of peace and of land in November of that year. Lenin returns in April. In July, counter-revolutionaries put down a spontaneous revolt, and Lenin's arrest is ordered. By late October, the Bolsheviks are ready to strike: ten days will shake the world. While the Mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the palace. Anatov-Oveyenko leads the attack and signs the proclamation dissolving the provisional government.
Leave your thoughts about October (Ten Days that Shook the World).
| Time OutGeoff AndrewThe film remains an interesting oddity rather than entertaining or illuminating. Indeed, watching it today can seem hard work. |
| The SpectatorCelia SimpsonNo book, picture or play could have given a more realistic impression of those days of bloodshed and horror: one was literally exhausted by the emotions experienced in watching it, for there was no light relief and the realism was relentlessly sustained. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbitleaves us far more memorable montages than anything that modern copycat filmmakers have created |
| User ReviewJoshua GI have no idea how this movie was made in 1927. Amazing editing. Highlight of my day |
| User ReviewMatt BA masterwork of world cinema, this is perhaps Eisenstein's finest film. The entire film is bursting with an intensity that grabs the viewer with every frame. The montage sequences in this film are perhaps the most elaborate that Eisenstein ever worked with. The historical aspect is quite interesting. An introduction to the film tells us that the film was shot in the same locations as the events depicted in the film, along with cast members who were involved in the 1917 revolution. This film is a must for anyone seriously interested in the development of world cinema. |
| User ReviewKevin WProbably one of the most important films on the history of cinema. Artistic, political, historical and epic. A must see for any film buff. |
| User ReviewJeff Dmaravillosa propaganda todo un ejemplo de montaje |
| User ReviewIana DThis 1927 Sergei Eisentein movie is, as it was intended to be, an impressive piece of Soviet propaganda..... Scary in its subliminal violence, its extreme simplification, quasi extermination, of true political thought. This film IS totalitarianism in action. At the same time, wonderful 1920s silent film-making. The theatrality, the dark and light, the heroisation of the Common Man. Certainly a must for people interested in cinema history, and in History per se. |
| User ReviewIan FThe style of this film is too advance even today.... |
| User ReviewLiolia KPowerful. Even though it's a reenactment of the October Revolution, it has the sense of a documentary, and it fully captures the spirit and the most important events during this important period in Russian History. |