The story of the October Revolution told in pictures, from the events of February 1917 to its first anniversary. Uprisings, civil wars, Soviet leaders, and life are shown in panoramic images. Considered lost for a century, the film has just been restored by Nikolai Izvolov.
Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov (1896–1954) believed the camera was an enhanced human eye and, therefore, the best instrument for capturing reality. Also a theorist, he wrote manifests and tried to create a unique language of cinema, free from theatrical influence and artificial studio staging. Vertov was influential in the development of documentaries all over the world. His masterpiece is Man with a Movie Camera (1929).
