
Lenin in October
Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.
Top Billed Cast

Boris Shchukin
Vladimir Ilich Lenin

Nikolai Okhlopkov
Vasily

Vasili Vanin
Factory Foreman Matveyev

Nikolai Arsky
Blinov, worker (as N. Arsky)

Nikolai Chaplygin
Kirilin
Featured Crew

Mikhail Romm
Director

Aleksei Kapler
Writer
Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke
Art Direction
Tatyana Likhachyova
Editor

Dmitriy Vasilev
Director

Anatoliy Aleksandrov
Original Music Composer
Isidor Simkov
Assistant Director
Igor Vakar
Production Director
Nikolai Solovyov
Art Direction
Boris Volchek
Director of Photography