Lenin in 1918
Encyclopedia
Lenin in 1918 is a 130-minute long Soviet
revolution film
released in 1939
. It gives the background of the Russian Civil War
after the October Revolution
.
The film was directed by Mikhail Romm
with E. Aron and I. Simkov as co-directors. The script was written by Aleksei Kapler
together with Taisiya Zlatogorova.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
revolution film
Revolution
A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...
released in 1939
1939 in film
The year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...
. It gives the background of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
after the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
.
The film was directed by Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Ilych Romm was a Soviet film director.He was born in Irkutsk. His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there. He graduated from gymnasium in 1917 and entered the Moscow College for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture...
with E. Aron and I. Simkov as co-directors. The script was written by Aleksei Kapler
Aleksei Kapler
Aleksei Yakovlevich Kapler ;Kiev, was a Soviet filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and writer. He was known as an anchor and director of the TV program Kinopanorama...
together with Taisiya Zlatogorova.
Cast (in credits order)
- Boris ShchukinBoris ShchukinBoris Vasilyevich Shchukin was a Soviet actor and People's Artist of the USSR . in 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize.-External links:...
as Vladimir LeninVladimir LeninVladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a... - Nikolai Okhlopkov as Vasili, Lenin's protege
- Aleksandr Shatov as Konstantinov, conspirator chieftain
- V. Markov as Felix Edmundovich DzerzhinskyFelix Edmundovich DzerzhinskyFelix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Communist revolutionary, famous as the first director of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, known later by many names during the history of the Soviet Union...
- Vasili Vanin as KremlinKremlinA kremlin , same root as in kremen is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin, or metonymically to the government that is based there...
Commandant Mateyev - Nikolai CherkasovNikolai CherkasovNikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov , was a Soviet actor and a People's Artist of the Soviet Union.-Career:He was born in Saint Petersburg . From 1919 he was a mime artist in Petrograd's Maryinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre, and elsewhere...
as Maksim Gorky - Leonid Lyubashevsky as Yakov SverdlovYakov SverdlovYakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov ; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" — 16 March 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of the Russian Soviet Republic.-Early life:...
- Vladimir Solovyov as Sintsov, a spy
- Nikolai Svobodin as Rutkovsky, a conspirator
- V. Tretyakov as Novikov, a conspirator
- Natalya Efron as Fanny KaplanFanny KaplanFanny Yefimovna Kaplan , also known as Fanya Kaplan and as Dora Kaplan), was a Russian political revolutionary and an attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin.-Biography:...
- E. Muzil as Yevdokia Ivanova, Lenin's housekeeper
- Mikheil GelovaniMikheil GelovaniMikheil Gelovani was a Georgian-Soviet actor, known for his many portrayals of Joseph Stalin in cinema.-Early life:Mikheil Gelovani was a descendant of the old Georgian princely house of Gelovani. He made his stage debut in a theater in Batumi during 1913. From 1919 to 1920, he attended the Drama...
as Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
(scenes deleted for reissues after Stalin's death and denunciation) - Nikolai Bogolyubov as Kliment VoroshilovKliment VoroshilovKliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman...
(scenes deleted for reissues after Stalin's death and denunciation) - Z. Dobina as Nadezhda Konstantinovna KrupskayaNadezhda Konstantinovna KrupskayaNadezhda Konstantinovna "Nadya" Krupskaya was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician. She married the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in 1898. She was deputy minister of Education in 1929–1939, Doctor of Education....
- S. Koziminsky as Bobilev, Lenin's orderly
- K. Korobova as Vasili's Wife
- Dmitri Orlov as Korobov, farm worker
- Nikolai Plotnikov as KulakKulakKulaks were a category of relatively affluent peasants in the later Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, and early Soviet Union...
from Tamborsk - Iosif Tolchanov as Andrei Fedorovich, attending physician
- A. Khokhlov as Professor of Medicine