[Susan Foreman]

For lovers of silent films, BBC4 have got a treat on Sunday, November 5th from 8pm - 9:40pm

October: Ten Days That Shook the World | Radio Times

"Despite being made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the overthrow of Kerensky's provisional government, this impersonal tribute to the proletariat found little official or critical favour in the Soviet Union. Bitingly satirical and overtly political, it marked Sergei Eisenstein's most ambitious experiment in intellectual montage. However, despite such memorable set pieces as the assault on the Winter Palace, the raising of the bridge and the toppling of Alexander III's statue, the obscurity of some of its imagery and the uncomfortable blend of symbolism and realism rendered it less dramatically unified, thematically consistent and emotionally overwhelming than its predecessor, The Battleship Potemkin.

Summary
Fact-based silent historical drama recreating the key events of the Soviet revolution, beginning with the downfall of the monarchy andf Lenin's return from exile, through the counter-revolution to the final end of the provisional government, placing the Bolsheviks firmly in control of the country. Starring Nikolay Popov and Vasili Nikandrov."