Lenin in Paris

Lenin in Paris

1981 · 106 min · ★ 4.4 · History, Drama

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. Through a chain of historical parallels and associations, this time is intertwined with the events of the Paris Commune, the October Revolution and the political struggles of the post-revolutionary years.

Directed by Sergei Yutkevich · Written by Yevgeni Gabrilovich

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