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The best films about the 1917 Russian Revolution

The top 3 according to 43 votes from people: Doctor Zhivago (1965) · Reds (1981) · October (1927). (Updated Dec 13, 2020.)

From Eisenstein's October and Lenin in October to Doctor Zhivago and Reds: the films about the 1917 revolution recommended by Mel, Rambler Kino and AiF.

reelfan_nn · · 10 items · 43 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in Русский). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    David Lean. Pasternak's novel with Omar Sharif.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  2. 2

    Reds (1981)

    Warren Beatty. American journalist John Reed in Petrograd.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    October (1927)

    Sergei Eisenstein. A silent film for the revolution's tenth anniversary.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  4. 4

    Lenin in October (1937)

    Mikhail Romm. Lenin on the eve of the uprising.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  5. 5

    The Man with a Gun (1938)

    Sergei Yutkevich. A soldier who comes to Petrograd in 1917.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  6. 6

    Anastasia (1997)

    Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. An animated film about the grand duchess legend.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  7. 7

    In the Days of October (1958)

    Sergei Vasilyev. From John Reed's Ten Days That Shook the World.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  8. 8

    Royal Cousins at War (2014)

    BBC documentary series on Nicholas II, George V and Wilhelm II.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  9. 9

    The Russian Revolution (2017)

    A documentary on the events of 1917.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 2

    1
  10. 10

    The Vyborg Side (1938)

    Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. The third part of the Maxim trilogy.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 4

    -4

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Marina Morozova · Русский

«Октябрь» Эйзенштейна до сих пор смотрится мощно, особенно штурм Зимнего

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