5.2
Release Date: 1925-01-21
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
CASTS
Vladimir Lenin
Himself (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Himself (archive footage)
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Herself (archive footage)
Mikhail Frunze
Himself (archive footage)
Mikhail Kalinin
Himself (archive footage)
Kliment Voroshilov
Himself (archive footage)
Semyon Budyonny
Himself (archive footage)
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