
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
Boris Volchek
Director of Photography
Tatyana Likhachyova
Editor
Nikolai Solovyov
Art Direction

Anatoliy Aleksandrov
Original Music Composer
Igor Vakar
Production Director

Aleksei Kapler
Writer
Isidor Simkov
Assistant Director

Dmitriy Vasilev
Director
Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke
Art Direction