Originally released as october in the soviet union, the film was reedited and released internationally as ten days that shook the world, after john reeds popular book. Desyat dney kotorye potryasli mir is a 1928 soviet silent historical film. By late october, the bolsheviks are ready to strike. Ten days that shook the world 1928 directed by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov with musical score by dmitri shostakovich.
October is a supreme example of how an insurrectionary political will might be combined with an equally radical aesthetic program, and is being presented on the centenary of the ten days that shook the world. Ten days that shook the world, 95 minutes in length, is being screened on the exact 100th anniversary of the. Oktyabr, ten days that shook the world, october, world wide english title october ten days that shook the world, october 1917. It is not a mere enumeration of facts, nor a collection of documents, but a succession of scenes from life, so typical that any participant in the revolution. Presented in documentary style, this 1928 soviet silent film recreates the events in petrograd, beginning. In this atmosphere of corruption, of monstrous halftruths, one clear note sounded day after day, the deepening chorus of the bolsheviki, all power to the soviets. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in petrograd in november 1917, when lenin and the bolsheviks finally seized power. Ten days that shook the world the following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. On october 14th the official organ of the moderate socialists said. October ten days that shook the world the loft cinema. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent film film by grigori aleksandrov and sergei eisenstein. Commissioned by the soviet authorities in 1928, ten days that shook the. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov.
The film itself chronicles the buildup and catharsis of the october revolution. Beginning in february of 1917, a group of revolutionaries tears down the statue of tsar nicholas, the last emperor of russia. October ten days that shook the world 1928 movie youtube. The title is taken from john reeds book on the revolution, ten days that shook the world. Desyat dney kotorye potryasli mir is a 1928 soviet silent propaganda film directed by grigori aleksandrov and sergei eisenstein. This work is in the public domain in the united states because it was published before january 1, 1925. Ten days that shook the world wikisource, the free. It is a celebratory dramatization of the 1917 october revolution commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the event.
October ten days that shook the world 1928 rotten tomatoes. October was commissioned to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the october revolution. John reeds ten days that shook the world represents one of the 20th centurys greatest politicalliterary achievements, being one of the first book length eyewitness accounts of the great russian october revolution. Ten days that shook the world 1928 leave a reply one of the first things you have to get out of the way when talking about this film is that its not a realistic depiction of russias revolutionary year of 1917. October ten days that shook the world wexner center.
A decisive victory is indispensable, so that those who hesitate will have no further hesitation. Tracing the social as well as political antecedents to the events of october, the volume outlines the gradual political. Behold sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrovs acclaimed dramatization of the russian revolution that unfolded in october of 1917. Excerpt from eisensteins october ten days that shook. Eisenstein was commissioned by the young government to create a cinematic celebration of the bolshevik revolutions 10th anniversary. Footage has been slightly edited in that intertitles and a few short scenes have been left out. In fact, without being hyperbolic at all, these are 10 days that shook the world. Better known as october andor ten days that shook the world this sergei eisenstein classic recreates the final days of the soviet revolution. If you discover a defect in this etext within 90 days of receiving it. Ten days that shook the world was the title john reed gave his remarkable book. Scene of october ten days that shook the world, 1927.
October ten days that shook the world subtitles 26. Usa 2 november 1928 new york city, new york mexico 16 june 1929. Vasili nikandrov in october ten days that shook the world. To day the socialist revolutionaries are inclined are inclined to admit the bolsheviki into the new government. According to internet archive, october was a film commissioned by the soviet government to honour the tenth anniversary of the october revolution. A visually innovative world cinema classic, eisensteins october depicts the events that led up to the 1917 russian revolution and founding of the soviet state. In 1926, the october revolution jubilee committee pulled sergei. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein. Okjabre was supposed to create a film about the tenth anniversary of the russian october revolution yet he created a lot more than just that.
Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by the american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917, which reed experienced firsthand. A largescale view on the events of 1917 in russia, when the monarchy was overthrown. While the mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates. Ten days that shook the world marxists internet archive. October ten days that shook the world 1927 release. I think that ten days that shook the world is the ideal book to read on the russian revolution as it is written from insidearound that event not from the safety of the academic historians perspective such as in a peoples tragedy. In documentary style, events in petrograd are reenacted from the end of the monarchy in february of 1917 to the end of the provisional.
Sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world 1928. Commissioned by the soviet government to commemorate the tenth anniversary of that revolution, the film was originally released in 1928 as oktober in the soviet union, and later internationally as ten days that shook the world, borrowing from john reeds well. Scene of october ten days that shook the world, 1927 c459ay from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. October ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent propaganda film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov. Its official status meant that eisenstein had great resources to hand as he recreated iconic events such as the storming of the winter palace. Review by alex miller john reeds classic account of the russian revolution of november 1917 isnt an attempt at largescale dispassionate historical analysis, but an eyewitness account of the bolsheviks rise to power penned on the spot or shortly afterwards by a sympathetic us socialist. Sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world 1928 open. Ten days that shook the world 1928 directed by sergei eisenstein, grigori alexandrov. Movie dvds, mp4 video downloads, mpg videos on usb flash drives. October ten days that shook the world last shown thu 12 oct 2017 at 18. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders closely during his time in russia.
October ten days that shook the world and 1 related. Those of you who want to download any etext before announcement can surf to them as follows, and just. And in 1928, eisenstein was met with his harshest criticism yet, upon the release of october. At the city duma all attention was concentrated on the formation of the new. Featuring an introduction and postfilm panel discussion with professor douglas weiner. It presents a wonderfully vivid and forceful description of the first days of the october revolution. Ten days that shook the world is john reeds eyewitness account of the russian revolution. Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books 351 pages paperback. Originally released as october in the soviet union, the film was reedited and released internationally as ten days that shook the world, after john reeds popular book on the revolution. Download ten days that shook the world study guide subscribe now. Produced in 1927 by a group of soviet filmmakers led by sergei eisenstein, for the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, this film dramatizes the events of october, 1917 with the greatest possible realism. Cinema films first shown before january 1, 1929 are subjects of points 1 and 2 of this template.
Ten days that shook the worldchapter i wikisource, the. Eisenstein in october ten days that shook the world 1927. Whats fascinating or perhaps horrifying from a historical perspective is that almost 100 years ago to the day. All power to the direct representatives of millions on. After the first fifteen minutes of october had baffled the shit out of me i decided to pause it and read up on the october revolution and about russias disastrous performance in world war i.
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