Storyline

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 and the decrees of peace and of land in November of that year. Lenin returns in April. In July, counter-revolutionaries put down a spontaneous revolt, and Lenin's arrest is ordered. By late October, the Bolsheviks are ready to strike: ten days will shake the world. While the Mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the palace. Anatov-Oveyenko leads the attack and signs the proclamation dissolving the provisional government.—

Plot Keywords

revolutionary, soldier, intense, patriotic, russia, royal palace, armed conflict, royalty, communism, rise, fall, quest, 1910s

Short Review

The film remains an interesting oddity rather than entertaining or illuminating. Indeed, watching it today can seem hard work.

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