October

Commissioned by the Soviet Central Committee to mark the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, Eisenstein filmed the events, such as the storming of the Winter Palace, using the actual locations, with the leaders of the revolution acting as consultants. Like Potemkin, October combines epic historical recreation with Eisenstein's continuing development of what he called 'intellectual montage'. October is revolutionary in both its politics and its cinematic daring.

Introduction by Ian Christie, plus the animation 25th - the First Day (USSR 1967, dir.Yuri Norstein & Arkadi Tyurin, 11min) on Mon 12 Mar. Live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne on Mon 12 Mar and Costas Fotopoulos on Tue 20 Mar.