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Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death

Top Cast

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Nadezhda Krupskaya

    Nadezhda Krupskaya

    Herself (archive footage)

  • Anna Ulyanova

    Anna Ulyanova

    Herself (archive footage)

  • Felix Dzerzhinsky

    Felix Dzerzhinsky

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Mikhail Frunze

    Mikhail Frunze

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Leonid Krasin

    Leonid Krasin

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Yemelyan Yaroslavsky

    Yemelyan Yaroslavsky

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Mikhail Kalinin

    Mikhail Kalinin

    Himself (archive footage)

Overview

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death

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