Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei M. Eisenstein

Cast: Layaschenko (Minister) Boris Livanov (Minister Terestsenko) Vasili Nikandrov (V.I. Lenin) Vladimir Popov (Kerensky) Eduard Tisse (German Soldier)



In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February of 1917 to the end of the provisional government. This classic is a startlingly filmed and remarkably staged piece of cinema.