Boris Shchukin

D'un chahut à l'université en 1896 à la révolution de 1905 : l'histoire d'une génération qui prépare Octobre.

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.

Historical-revolutionary film about Lenin’s activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.

The daredevil pilot Sergei Belyaev takes a risk flying a plane which is not properly maintained and crashes dangerously, landing in hospital, his plane going up in smoke. The aviation student Galya Bystrova, having a crush with Belyaev, unfortunately tends to imitate him in the air. Later, heeding the advice of the wise headmaster Rogachev, they become experienced pilots. Bystrova is assigned to Pamir, and Rogachev, in love with her, is sent to Sakhalin.

En faisant revivre pas à pas la, ou plutôt les révolutions de 1917, de février à octobre, ce documentaire tissé d'archives exceptionnelles montre un Lénine ballotté par la puissance des événements, bien loin de sa légende.