1917: The Real October
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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.
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14 people
Maximilian Bauer
Wladimir Majakowski (voice)
Hanns Zischler
Alexander Benois (voice)
Known for
Munich
Black Island
Maximilian Brauer
Wladimir Majakowski (voice)
Katrin Rothe
Sereina Gabathuler
Martin Schneider
Maxim Gorki (voice)
Known for
Potato Salad: Don't Ask!
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald
Gunter Hanfgarn
Inka Friedrich
Dokumentarfilmerin (voice)
Known for
Summer in Berlin
Single By Contract
Arne Fuhrmann
Kasimir Malewitsch (voice)
Also in
Vortex
A Clear Felling
Peter Roloff
Claudia Michelsen
Sinaida Hippius (voice)
Known for
Berlin Station
Beat
Klemens Fuhrmann
Dokumentenstimme (voice)
Katrin Rothe Director
First release January 21, 2017 · Produced in Germany, Switzerland · Production Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Maxim Film
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Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion
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Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
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Maxim Film
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SRF
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RBB
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ARTE
Production · Distribution
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
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Germany · Switzerland
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Original title
1917 - Der wahre Oktober
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · January 21, 2017
Premiere · Solothurn Film Festival
Germany · October 9, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Spain
November 21, 2017 · Premiere · Gijón Film Festival
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