October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.

Genres: Drama, History

What to watch after October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

• Alexander Nevsky (1938) — Same feel: dramatic, ambitious
• Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) — Sergei Eisenstein directed both
• Strike (1925) — Sergei Eisenstein directed both
• Waterloo (1970) — Two steps away in the credits
• War and Peace (1965) — Same feel: dramatic, ambitious
• The Barber of Siberia (1998) — Same feel: dramatic, ambitious