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Leningrad and its streets,
the Winter Palace,
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the corridors of the Smolny,
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were the same as in that
fateful year.
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Thus, OCTOBER 191 7 renders
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a stirring ''eyewitness''
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account of the early days of
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the birth of the
Soviet Union.
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A masterpiece created by
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one of the world's greatest
film directors,
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it's a welcome
gift to film viewers.
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The original film premiered
in the era of the silent screen.
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This sound version was made by
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Eisenstein's associate
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Grigory Alexandrov.
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The music is by
Dimitri Shostakovich.
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Sound : V. Ladyguina
V. Babouchkine
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OCTOBER 191 7
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this fiIm is dedicated
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to the Petrograd
ProIetariat
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heroes of the October
RevoIution.
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Commissioned by the October
RevoIution JubiIee Committee.
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Chairman,
NikoIai PodvoIsky.
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ScreenpIay and Direction,
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SERGEI EISENSTEIN
and GRIGORY ALEXANDROV
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Camera,
EDUARD TISSE