Lenin in Paris

Nov 1, 1981

1h 46m

★ 3.8

Overview

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. Through a chain of historical parallels and associations, this time is intertwined with the events of the Paris Commune, the October Revolution and the political struggles of the post-revolutionary years.

Genres

History

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Lenin

Yuriy Kayurov

Inessa Armand

Claude Jade

Trofimow

Vladimir Antonik

Krupskaya

Valentina Svetlova

Paul Lafargue

Pavel Kadochnikov

Laura Lafargue

Antonina Maksimova

Jacob Zhitomirsky

Boris Ivanov

Anarchist

Albert Filozov

Sailor

Vitaliy Shapovalov

Agitator

Anatoli Adoskin

Singer

Yelena Koreneva

Girl in jeans

Galina Belyaeva

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