Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925 · 33 min · ★ 5.5 · Documentary

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

Directed by Dziga Vertov

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Vladimir Lenin Himself (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin Himself (archive footage)
Nadezhda Krupskaya Herself (archive footage)
Anna Ulyanova Herself (archive footage)
Felix Dzerzhinsky Himself (archive footage)
Mikhail Frunze Himself (archive footage)
Leonid Krasin Himself (archive footage)
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky Himself (archive footage)
Mikhail Kalinin Himself (archive footage)
Clara Zetkin Herself (archive footage)
Kliment Voroshilov Himself (archive footage)
Semyon Budyonny Himself (archive footage)

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