1917: The Real October

A thoughtful, collage-like history lesson where animated figures voice real words, mixing intellectual debate with the unease of a city in upheaval.

Directed by

Katrin Rothe

Genres

Documentary, Animation, War

Starring

Maximilian Bauer, Hanns Zischler, Martin Schneider

Overview

St. Petersburg 1917. The frontline of the global war is coming closer everyday; people are hungry, wor-ried, angry. In February the tsar is overthrown. Many artists are euphoric: Revolution! Freedom, finally? No. Starting in October, the Bolsheviks rule by themselves. What were poets, thinkers, and avant-gardists like Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich doing during this drastic change of power? In the film, five of them alight from the director’s piles of books as animated cut-out figures. With their own recorded words in their mouths, they participate in salons, committees, and street riots.

How it feels

Measured and needs your attention.

About

Politics, art, power, freedom

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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