Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

A solemn Soviet newsreel-poem that uses montage and archival footage to commemorate Lenin's death and legacy, blending documentary evidence with propagandistic reverence.

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death