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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 9, 2017

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany, Switzerland

Production

ARTE,SRF,RBB,Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion,Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion,Maxim Film

Cast

Inka Friedrich,Martin Schneider,Maximilian Bauer,Claudia Michelsen,Hanns Zischler

Director

Katrin Rothe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6489962