Canonical Revolution: October (1928) by Sergei Eisenstein

Опубликовано: 08 Ноябрь 2017
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The October Revolution became a mythologized subject in the Soviet film canon; Eisenstein’s October and Pudovkin’s The End of St. Petersburg are the most renowned ‘canonical’ cinematic
versions of this event. Both films were commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution.

October (Oktyabr') opens with the elation after the February Revolution and the establishment of the Provisional Government and then builds up to the October Revolution.