October
UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave., UW Vilas Hall, Room 4070, Madison, Wisconsin
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USSR | 1927 | 16mm | 103 min.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolay Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko
Based on American John Reed’s journalistic account, Ten Days That Shook the World, Eisenstein’s stunning feature was made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, which began on October 25, 1917. October focuses on the events in St. Petersburg in the months leading up to the revolt, related through Eisenstein’s influential montage experiments, begun in his other masterworks like Battleship Potemkin. Live piano by David Drazin. Print courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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