Lenin in October

1h 33min

Drama

History

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

Boris Shchukin

Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Vasili Vanin

Vasili Vanin

Factory Foreman Matveyev
Nikolai Arsky

Nikolai Arsky

Blinov, worker (as N. Arsky)
Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Karnayukhov (as V. Vladislavsky)
Semyon Goldshtab

Semyon Goldshtab

Josef Stalin
Nikolai Svobodin

Nikolai Svobodin

Rutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary
Vadim Ganshin

Vadim Ganshin

Zhukov, the Menshevik
Yelena Shatrova

Yelena Shatrova

Anna Mikhailovna
Aleksandr Kovalevsky

Aleksandr Kovalevsky

Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerenski
Nikolai Sokolov

Nikolai Sokolov

Mikhail Vladimir Rodzyanko
Klavdiya Korobova

Klavdiya Korobova

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

Vladimir Pokrovskiy

Dzerzhinsky (as V. Pokrovsky)

Release date

7th Nov 1937

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский