October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

1928115 min6.9 / 10

A formally revolutionary, montage-driven celebration of the October Revolution that prioritizes ideological fervor and visual innovation over intimate human connection.

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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