1917: The Real October - 2017

St. Petersburg 1917. The frontline of the global war is coming closer everyday; people are hungry, wor-ried, angry. In February the tsar is overthrown. Many artists are euphoric: Revolution! Freedom, finally? No. Starting in October, the Bolsheviks rule by themselves. What were poets, thinkers, and avant-gardists like Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich doing during this drastic change of power? In the film, five of them alight from the director’s piles of books as animated cut-out figures. With their own recorded words in their mouths, they participate in salons, committees, and street riots.

90min
2017
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating7.1/10

Cast

Hanns Zischler profile pictureHanns ZischlerAlexander Benois (voice)
Martin Schneider profile pictureMartin SchneiderMaxim Gorki (voice)
Inka Friedrich profile pictureInka FriedrichDokumentarfilmerin (voice)
Claudia Michelsen profile pictureClaudia MichelsenSinaida Hippius (voice)

About 1917: The Real October

1917: The Real October Overview

St. Petersburg 1917. The frontline of the global war is coming closer everyday; people are hungry, wor-ried, angry. In February the tsar is overthrown. Many artists are euphoric: Revolution! Freedom, finally? No. Starting in October, the Bolsheviks rule by themselves. What were poets, thinkers, and avant-gardists like Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich doing during this drastic change of power? In the film, five of them alight from the director’s piles of books as animated cut-out figures. With their own recorded words in their mouths, they participate in salons, committees, and street riots.

Runtime: 90min

Extra details

Original Title: 1917 - Der wahre Oktober
Original Language: German
Directed By: Katrin Rothe
Production Companies
Katrin Rothe FilmproduktionDschoint Ventschr FilmproduktionMaxim FilmSRFRBBARTE