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October - Ten Days That Shook The World [1927]
starring: Nikolai Popov, Boris Livanov, Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko
directed by: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein

Used Price: £2.83

Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5023965127426
Format: Black & White, PAL, Subtitled
Label: Tartan Video
Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tartan Video
Release Date: July 28, 1997
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Tartan Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 05, 1966
Sales Rank: 16273

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Historical epic of its time
Do my eyes deceive me or did reviewers expect to watch this and not see pro-revolutionary content?

This film is unique and stands alone in the history of film-making as the closest thing to a record of one of the most defining moments in the history of mankind. Not only is it groundbreaking in its mechanics and methodology, but it broke all the moulds in cinematic history and formed the template for the next 20, 30 years of moviemaking.

Even watching as a non-committed political animal, you have to agree that the drama and tension transmitted in this document is unsurpassed; the transfer of the considerable lands, wealth and assets of Russia from a handful of privileged aristocrats to the people is a story which even ... Read More:

Rating:

- Pure agitprop
If you expect realism, you won't get it. This is pure propaganda, as in The Battleship Potemkin, and not as good. There are several excellent scenes, some totally unbelievable baddies, and an inexplicable ability by the reactionaries to carry on oppressing everybody despite the incredible number of goodies who have rallied to the bolshevik cause.

The plus side is a series of crowd scenes that look forward to Alexander Nevsky, and the real-time slow burn of the wait before storming the Winter Palace.

The picture quality is excellent.

Worth seeing, if you like Eisenstein, but is it worth buying?

Rating:

- Great DVD, boring movie
When I started playing this DVD, I was blasted by its amazingly on topic animated menus. I wasn't expecting that from a company that had previously released only static/silent menus. The transfer is good, they use a digitaly remastered version instead of just any old print. The only problem I had was with the movie. It has excellent visuals, but the plot got blurred to my eyes in the middle. Unfortunately, this isnt my type of movie, but this DVD is so great, and the movie so full of classic visuals, I can't bear to give it a mark lower than 3 stars.

VHS : October - Ten Days That Shook The World [1927]