Anniversary of the Revolution

Nov 7, 1918

2h 2m

★ 6.7

Overview

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Narkompros

Anniversary of the Revolution Trailers

Cast

Self - Politician

Vladimir Purishkevich

Self - Politician

Alexander Kerensky

Self - Politician

Mikhail Rodzianko

Self - Politician

Alexander Guchkov

Self - Politician

Nikolai V. Nekrasov

Self - Politician

Mikhail Stakhovich

Self - Politician

Ivan N. Efremov

Self - Politician

G. A. Yakubovich

Self - Politician

Andrei Manuilov

Self - Politician

Nikolai Chkheidze

Self - Politician

Fyodor Dan

Self - Politician

Ivan Gvozdev

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5.6

The Colt

Feb 6, 2005

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0.0

New Miensk

Jan 1, 1954

A propaganda documentary on the post war reconstruction of Miensk, capital of Belarus.

6.5

The Sailor's Song

Nov 9, 1958

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.

9.0

The 47 Loyal Ronin

Dec 1, 1910

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.

4.0

Revenge of the Black Knight

Jan 1, 1963

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7.0

Assembly

Oct 9, 2007

Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.

5.2

Carmencita

Mar 14, 1894

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.

7.2

Russian Ark

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0.0

History is Marching

Dec 8, 2018

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4.5

El conde de Maravillas

Mar 14, 1927

The Count of Maravillas receives an unusual proposal from a masked woman: to kidnap the valido of King Carlos IV.

0.0

Ciudad de la Selva - Runaways & guerrilla in the forests of Casaio

Sep 17, 2022

No overview available.

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0.0

The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya

Jun 29, 1919

This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of Russian cinema.

6.4

Welcome to Sarajevo

May 9, 1997

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

1.0

The Life of Moses

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0.0

On Rubik's Road

Apr 5, 2010

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0.0

Rok stalinské epochy

Oct 26, 1951

No overview available.

0.0

Grand Canyon Film Show

Jan 1, 1915

In 1902, Emery and Ellsworth Kolb opened a studio in the Grand Canyon and began making photographs of mule parties, landscapes, river adventures, and nearly every other dramatic scene and incident that occurred in the area. They also successfully navigated the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1911, filming their journey. This film ran in the Kolb Studio in the Grand Canyon from 1915 until Emery's death in 1976.

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0.0

Laplander Feeding His Reindeer

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Short documentary released in 1907.