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  • Actors: Nikolai Popov, Boris Livanov, Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko
  • Directors: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
  • Writers: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, John Reed
  • Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL, Silent
  • Language Russian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Eureka Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 8 May 2000
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004SPGY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,636 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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4:3 Full Frame
Russian
Region 2
English


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One of the finest examples of intellectual montage, consisting of more than 3,200 shots in its 103 minutes, OCTOBER 1917 has been described as a Constructivist poster come to life. Again working from a commission by Lenin, in this case, to make a film commemorating the 10th anniversary of the overthrow of the Kerensky government by the Bolsheviks, Sergei Eisenstein saw it as an opportunity to push his montage experiments to the limit. Focusing on the crucial events from February through October 1917, the director treats Lenin (Vasili Nikandrov) with hagiographical reverence while satirizing the opponents of the Bolsheviks as obese clowns or idiots, using visual metaphors of an extraordinary variety and richness. Kerensky's (Nikolai Popov) strutting narcissism is illustrated by a cut to a mechanical peacock. Shots of officials of the provisional government are intercut with Japanese and African masks, Haitian voodoo idols, and sacred Chinese statuary. Perhaps most memorable is the image of the white horse dangling from the open St. Petersburg drawbridge, a bridge whose raised sections Eisenstein compared to the arms of a dying man, as a massacre unfolds on the ground. Like nearly all the director's work, this dizzyingly encyclopedic inventory of montage technique is as much a register of his unique sensibility as it as a piece of propaganda.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Historical epic of its time, 6 April 2008
Do my eyes deceive me or did reviewers expect to watch this and not see pro-revolutionary content?

This film is unique and stands alone in the history of film-making as the closest thing to a record of one of the most defining moments in the history of mankind. Not only is it groundbreaking in its mechanics and methodology, but it broke all the moulds in cinematic history and formed the template for the next 20, 30 years of moviemaking.

Even watching as a non-committed political animal, you have to agree that the drama and tension transmitted in this document is unsurpassed; the transfer of the considerable lands, wealth and assets of Russia from a handful of privileged aristocrats to the people is a story which even the most seasoned narrator could not help but get worked up at. The October Revolution shaped the world for the 20th century, and unwittingly shaped an agrarian sleeping giant into the advanced industrial monolith we see still today. Indeed, were it not for the birth of the (eventual) USSR, Hitler may well have been victorious in 1941 after all, and picked off North america at will.

See this film for what it is - a fantastic historical document of its time. Forget the rhetoric behind the content, the story of the biggest political event in history is told well and forged its rightful place in cinematic history.
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11 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Pure agitprop, 19 Jan 2004
By Allan (Swansea, Wales) - See all my reviews
If you expect realism, you won't get it. This is pure propaganda, as in The Battleship Potemkin, and not as good. There are several excellent scenes, some totally unbelievable baddies, and an inexplicable ability by the reactionaries to carry on oppressing everybody despite the incredible number of goodies who have rallied to the bolshevik cause.

The plus side is a series of crowd scenes that look forward to Alexander Nevsky, and the real-time slow burn of the wait before storming the Winter Palace.

The picture quality is excellent.

Worth seeing, if you like Eisenstein, but is it worth buying?

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11 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD, boring movie, 19 Jun 2000
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When I started playing this DVD, I was blasted by its amazingly on topic animated menus. I wasn't expecting that from a company that had previously released only static/silent menus. The transfer is good, they use a digitaly remastered version instead of just any old print. The only problem I had was with the movie. It has excellent visuals, but the plot got blurred to my eyes in the middle. Unfortunately, this isnt my type of movie, but this DVD is so great, and the movie so full of classic visuals, I can't bear to give it a mark lower than 3 stars.
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