1917 - Der wahre Oktober

May 11 2017 N/A 1h 30m
Animation, Biography, Documentary

St. Petersburg 1917. The frontline of the global war is coming closer everyday; people are hungry, wor-ried, angry. In February the tsar is overthrown. Many artists are euphoric: Revolution! Freedom, finally? No. Starting in October, the Bolsheviks rule by themselves. What were poets, thinkers, and avant-gardists like Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich doing during this drastic change of power? In the film, five of them alight from the director’s piles of books as animated cut-out figures. With their own recorded words in their mouths, they participate in salons, committees, and street riots.

Plot

The Russian revolutionary year narrated from the point of view of the involved artists.

Written by

Katrin Rothe

Directed by

Katrin Rothe

Cast

Inka Friedrich, Maximilian Brauer, Hanns Zischler

Crew

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Production Countries

Switzerland, Germany

Production Companies

ARTE, RBB, SRF, Maxim Film, Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
45
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA