Russian and soviet cinema in the age of revolution, 1917 1932. In ten days that shook the world john reed conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by the american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917, which reed experienced firsthand. Each 60 minute episode explores either one or two significant events from history through a combination of dramatisation, archive footage, and eyewitness accounts. Feb 24, 2019 sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. October ten days that shook the world 1927 plot summary. Overview of ten days that shook the world, 1983, directed by sergey bondarchuk, with anatoly ustiuzhaninov, franco nero, sydne rome, at turner classic movies. Oct 24, 2017 cosponsored by ohio states center for historical research, department of history, department of slavic and east european languages and cultures, and film studies program. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
In sergey eisenstein next made a film entitled october, or ten days that shook the world, which in the space of two hours dealt with the shifts of power in the government after the 1917 revolution, the entrance on the scene of lenin, and the struggle between the bolsheviks and their political and. Red bells ii also known as 10 days that shook the world and red bells part ii i saw the birth of the new world is a 1983 adventuredrama film directed by sergei bondarchuk. It is a celebratory dramatization of the 1917 october revolution commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the event. It was coproduced by soviet union where it was released as krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira and krasnye kolokola ii, italy where is known as i dieci giorni che sconvolsero il mondo. The programmer and copresenter of ten films that shook the world is film historian and critic ed rampell, who majored in cinema at hunter college, manhattan, coauthored three movie history.
Nov 29, 2011 commissioned by the soviet central committee in 1927 to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the october revolution, october also known as ten days that shook the world is the last significant silent film of legendary director sergei eisenstein. October 1927 ten days that shook the world kerensky. By this time, in the light that streamed out of all the winter palace windows, i could see that the first two or three hundred men were red guards. Dunyayi sarsan on gun 1983 ten days that shook the world. Nov 03, 2017 is sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world the greatest political film ever made in the entire history of the cinema. Ten days that shook the world homework help questions. Or is it a flawed formalistic excursion with intellectual. Ten days that shook the world is replete with magnificent scenes of mass movement, with amazingly observed characters a gallery of types that can never be forgotten, and with extremely striking.
Grigori aleksandrov was a sovietrussian filmmaker best known as director of volga volga 1938, the circus 1936, and. Circa 66 million years ago cretaceoustertiary extinction, mexico. Is sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world the greatest political film ever made in the entire history of the cinema. Major events throughout history have changed and defined the world we inhabit and explore today. It presents a wonderfully vivid and forceful description of the first days of the october revolution.
Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in arrivano i miei 1983, ten days that shook the world 1983 with anatoly ustiuzhaninov and romanca final 1987. Ten days that shook the world, image courtesy of seagull films. Commissioned by the soviet central committee in 1927 to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the october revolution, october also known as ten days that shook the world is the last significant silent film of legendary director sergei eisenstein. Its value as propaganda can be debated, but october is incredibly dynamic as film art. October was only his third feature film, yet eisenstein had already distinguished. Nov 07, 2017 in the meantime, we recognize and celebrate 1917 with eisensteins amazing and monumental october. In his work ten days that shook the world the book from which this event series draws its name, american journalist john reed chronicled the opening days of the october revolution. Idealistically, john reed agreed with lenin when he. He also appeared in another way d kikan joho 1988 and the laura morante suspenseful mystery the hideout 2007. Ten days that shook the worldchapter i wikisource, the.
John reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of the few americans buried at the kremlin wall. We still feel the effect of those ten days today, as major questions of labor and capital, economic inequality, and democratic transition have yet to be resolved. October ten days that shook the world wexner center for. Ten movies that shook the world scanners roger ebert. So, with the crash of artillery, in the dark, with hatred, and fear, and reckless daring, new russia was b. I have seen very few documentaries that have come even close to reconstructing the factual recreations shown during this historical event. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders, especially grigory zinoviev and karl radek, closely during his time in russia. These are the days on which political revolutions, technological breakthroughs, and sporting triumphs took place, and whose effects were felt. While the mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the palace. Did john reed agree or disagree with lenin when he wrote ten days that shook the world. Each 60 minute episode explores either one or two significant events from history through a combination of dramatisation, archive footage, and. Review by alex miller john reeds classic account of the russian revolution of november 1917 isnt an attempt at largescale dispassionate historical analysis, but an eyewitness account of the bolsheviks rise to power penned on the spot or shortly afterwards by a sympathetic us socialist.
After disney 10 days that shook florida from the vantage point of 2008, what were the most influential events or. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein. See oktiabr also read article about ten days that shook the world from wikipedia. The film has also been known as ten days that shook the world, its release title in. Sergei bondarchuks war and peace film of ten days that shook the world, about the october revolution in 1917, depicts, from the point of the view of two foreign journalists in petrograd, the events which would shape russia for the 20th century. A day that shook the world recalls the days of the 20th century that proved to be eradefining and pivotal in the course of modern history. Here we have the quintessential example of the high concept movie.
After a few minutes huddling there, some hundreds of men, the army seemed reassured and without any orders suddenly began again to flow forward. No 47 ten days that shook the world by john reed 1919 the american socialists romantic account of the. Six months after the publication of ten days that shook the world in the united states, reed returned to russia where he died the following year. One film that both recorded and dramatised that shock was sergei eisensteins film of the historic event, oktyabr ten days that shook the world 1928. Ten days that shook the world marxists internet archive. Ten days that shook the world 1967 sepuluh hari yang. Presented in documentary style, this 1928 soviet silent film recreates the events in petrograd, beginning with the crumbling of the russian monarchy in. The film has also been known as ten days that shook the world, its release title in the u. That shook the world 1928 by sergei eisenstein and grigori. Sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world 1928 open. October ten days that shook the world 1928 movie youtube. Ten days that shook the world was the title john reed gave his remarkable book.
Ten days that shook the world is john reeds eyewitness account of the russian revolution. This film is highly reminiscent of eisensteins later work, potemkin, in that it looks like like a typical historical film but more like a recreation of the eventsmuch like a. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in petrograd in november 1917, when lenin and the bolsheviks finally seized power. I am a little apprehensive, morgan confessed in a dispatch to. October ten days that shook the world 1927 95 min drama, history a largescale view on the events of 1917 in russia, when the monarchy was overthrown. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders closely during his time in russia. Under dull grey skies, in the shortening days, the rain fell drenching, incessant. Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira 1983. By late october, the bolsheviks are ready to strike.
Ten days that shook the world dvd movie cd universe. Like so many other artists in russia and beyond, sergei eistenstein was beyond inspired by the socialist vision that seemed a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ten days that shook the world. Dec 01, 2014 ten days that shook the worldchapter i. In july, counterrevolutionaries put down a spontaneous revolt, and lenins arrest is ordered. The seizure of gatchina and tsarskoye selo by kerenskys detachments is to be explained by the complete absence of artillery and machineguns in these places, whereas kerenskys cavalry was provided with artillery from the beginning. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917 which reed experienced firsthand. October ten days that shook the world 1927 95 min drama, history.
John reed 18871920 poet, dramatist, radical, adventurer and a foremost journalist of his day, john reed poured all his talents and emotions into this, his most celebrated work. Ten days that shook the world is a 1927 soviet silent propaganda film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov, sometimes referred to as. Home ten days that shook the world ten days that shake. October ten days that shook the world 1928 rotten tomatoes. John reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of. Ten titles that shook the world of film the case for. A largescale view on the events of 1917 in russia, when the monarchy was overthrown. Grigori aleksandrov was a sovietrussian filmmaker best known as director of volga volga 1938, the circus 1936, and october ten days that shook the world 1927, as well as costar in battleship potemkin 1925 by director sergei m. Better known as october andor ten days that shook the world this sergei eisenstein classic recreates the final days of the soviet revolution.
Like so many other artists in russia and beyond, sergei eistenstein was beyond inspired by the socialist vision that seemed a reality in the years that followed 1917. It is not a mere enumeration of facts, nor a collection of documents, but a succession of scenes from life, so typical that any participant in the revolution. Presented in documentary style, this 1928 soviet silent film recreates the events in petrograd, beginning. Here, we take a look at some of the days that shook the world, creating notable and lasting effects that are still felt and seen today.
The last two days were days of enforced work for our staff, to provide the. The decade of the 1920s in russian film is considered a golden. Ten days that shook the world 1927 addeddate 20100606 05. Eisensteins insistence on speaking the language of pure film deploying. The mud underfoot was deep, slippery and clinging, tracked everywhere by heavy boots, and worse than usual because of the complete breakdown of the municipal administration. Ten days that shook the world 1967 sepuluh hari yang mengguncang dunia. Project gutenbergs ten days that shook the world, by john reed this file should be named 10daz10. Ten days that shook the world wikisource, the free. No 47 ten days that shook the world by john reed 1919 the american socialists romantic account of the russian revolution is a masterpiece of reportage. Welcome to 2017 in which we celebrate the centenary of the great october revolution. Days that shook the world is a british documentary television series that premiered on bbc two on 17 september 2003 and lasted for three series.
Ten days that shook the world kindle edition by reed, john. Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books 351 pages paperback. He was still there five days later when he learned that the enemy had closed to within ten miles. Ten movies that shook the world 1977 1999, the semisequel to my piece on how star wars changed everything, is now at msn movies. Ten days that shook the world dvd movie video at cd universe, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping. October ten days that shook the world wexner center.
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