Question 1

Why did the filming of the assault on the Winter Palace cause a city-wide blackout?

Accepted Answer

The filming required 11,000 extras and such extensive lighting that it left the rest of the city blacked out.

Question 2

How did the removal of Lev Trotskiy footage affect the film's length?

Accepted Answer

Sergei Eisenstein had to remove most footage featuring Lev Trotskiy, reducing the film to a little over three quarters of its intended length.

Question 3

Which real-life revolutionary played himself in the re-creation of the Winter Palace storming?

Accepted Answer

Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, who led the actual storming in 1917, played himself in the film.

Question 4

What is the film's style and how does it portray the October Revolution?

Accepted Answer

It's a docu-drama edited in Sergei Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, re-enacting key scenes from the 1917 October Revolution in celebratory terms.

Question 5

Which festivals or awards has this film been recognized at?

Accepted Answer

It won a National Board of Review award in 1929 and was featured at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

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