Moscow in October

Moscow in October

Film poster (1927)
Russian: "Москва в Октябре"
Directed by Boris Barnet
Written by Oleg Leonidov
Starring
Cinematography Boris Frantsisson
Konstantin Kuznetsov
Yakov Tolchan
Production
company
Release date
  • November 7, 1927 (1927-11-07)
Running time
 70 minutes
Country  Soviet Union
Language russian (intertitles)

Moscow in October (Russian: Москва в Октябре, translit. Moskva v oktyabre) is a 1927 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Boris Barnet.[1] The picture fared poorly at the box-office and with the critics. The film has been partially lost.[2]

History

The film is timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution and was withdrawn by order of the "October Jubilee Commission" under the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.[3]

Particular attention was paid to the "part apparatus" Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Esfir Shub and Boris Barnet. But if Eisenstein's films - "Oktyabr", Pudovkina - "The End of St. Petersburg" and Shub - "The Great Way", became widely known, then Barnet's film was not very popular and was soon removed from the "big screen", made only a few copies of the film.[4]

Despite a small rental in the USSR, special criticism from the press did not follow, as it was known - the script was agreed with ""Eastpart"" and was viewed not only by the commission responsible for the preparation of solemn events, but even at the next plenum of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union.[4][3]

The film was not completely preserved: several parts were lost during the course of the Second World War.[3]

Synopsis

The painting depicts the staged scenes of the October Bolshevik uprising in Moscow, as well previous events. The film begins with a scene of a meeting: people near the monument to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, intertitles: "After the July days there were uninterrupted rallies," which indicates July 1917. The film covers events from this date, right up to the creation Council of People's Commissars, headed by Lenin[5].

Intertitles

Cast

Notes

  1. ↑ Christie & Taylor 2012, p. 222,431.
  2. ↑ "Moscow in October". Encyclopedia of Native Cinema.
  3. 1 2 3 Ковалов 2008.
  4. 1 2 Кушниров 1977, p. 68, 71.
  5. ↑ "Moscow in October". "Soviet Screen" (magazin), 1927, Nr.42.

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