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

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

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 21, 1925

Runtime

0h 33m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

52%

Original Title

Кино-Правда № 21: Ленинская Кино-Правда. Кинопоэма о Ленине

Production Companies

Kultkino, Goskino USSR

Director

Dziga Vertov

Description

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