1917: The Real October

1917: The Real October 2017 Directed by Katrin Rothe 1917 - Der wahre Oktober

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.

Countries Germany , Switzerland

Production Countries Germany , Switzerland

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gneres Animation , Documentary , War

Production Companies ARTE , SRF , RBB , Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion , Maxim Film , Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion

Release Date 9 October 2017

90 mins