October: Ten Days That Shook the World
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"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| October: Ten Days That Shook the World canonical | 5 |
| October (Ten Days That Shook the World) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet film
ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ historical film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
October
ⓘ
October ⓘ
surface form:
Oktyabr
|
| basedOn |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
|
| censorship | subject to cuts by Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Eduard Tisse ⓘ |
| coDirector | Grigori Aleksandrov ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Soviet government ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
1917 October Revolution
storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ |
| director | Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmMovement | Soviet montage ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
revolutionary propaganda film ⓘ |
| influenced |
montage theory in film
ⓘ
political cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering montage techniques
ⓘ
political symbolism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alexander Kerensky
ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Leon Trotsky ⓘ
surface form:
Leon Trotsky (minimally or omitted due to politics)
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
surface form:
Provisional Government
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization |
Petrograd Soviet
ⓘ
Red Guards ⓘ Russian Provisional Government ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Sovkino ⓘ |
| productionType | state-sponsored film ⓘ |
| purpose | commemorate tenth anniversary of October Revolution ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1928-01-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 104 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Leningrad
ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
|
| setInPeriod | 1917 ⓘ |
| subject |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik Revolution
|
| usesTechnique |
intellectual montage
ⓘ
montage ⓘ |
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October (Ten Days That Shook the World)