Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Synopsis

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death

Vladimir Lenin

Himself (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Himself (archive footage)

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Herself (archive footage)

Anna Ulyanova

Herself (archive footage)

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Himself (archive footage)

Mikhail Frunze

Himself (archive footage)

Leonid Krasin

Himself (archive footage)

Yemelyan Yaroslavsky

Himself (archive footage)

Mikhail Kalinin

Himself (archive footage)

Clara Zetkin

Herself (archive footage)

Kliment Voroshilov

Himself (archive footage)

Semyon Budyonny

Himself (archive footage)