Days that shook the world is a british documentary television series that premiered on bbc two on 17 september 2003 and lasted for three series. Ten days that shook the world is replete with magnificent scenes of mass movement, with amazingly observed characters a gallery of types that can never be forgotten, and with extremely striking. While it is intended as an impartial and unbiased historical account, by reeds own admission, in the struggle his sympathies were not neutral. Ten movies that shook the world scanners roger ebert. Find dunyayi sarsan on gun 1983 ten days that shook the world red bells ii john reed sergei bondarchuk film german and turkish audio. We went to a moving picture show near the kazan cathedral a bloody italian film of passion and intrigue. I have finished the book, but in a sense i havent finished it. Ten days that shook the world is american journalist and socialist john reeds firsthand account of the russian october revolution of 1917. With boris livanov, nikolay popov, vasili nikandrov, layaschenko. Russian and soviet cinema in the age of revolution, 1917 1932. Ten days that shook the world, 95 minutes in length, is being screened on the exact 100th anniversary of the storming of the winter palace.
Ten movies that shook the world 1977 1999, the semisequel to my piece on how star wars changed everything, is now at msn movies. Dec 04, 2016 october ten days that shook the world 1928 movie. Ten days that shook the world, image courtesy of seagull films. Watch all 7 days that shook the world episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Ten days that shook the world quotes showing 115 of 15 so, with the crash of artillery, in the dark, with hatred, and fear, and reckless daring, new russia was being born. Octavo, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Ten days that shook the world 1927 addeddate 20100606 05. A largescale view on the events of 1917 in russia, when the monarchy was overthrown. We still feel the effect of those ten days today, as major questions of labor and capital, economic inequality, and democratic.
In sergei eisenstein a film entitled oktyabr october, or ten days that shook the world, which in the space of two hours dealt with the shifts of power in the government after the 1917 revolution, the entrance on the scene of lenin, and the struggle between the bolsheviks and their political and. John reed 18871920 poet, dramatist, radical, adventurer and a foremost journalist of his day, john reed poured all his talents and emotions into this, his most celebrated work. The mud underfoot was deep, slippery and clinging, tracked everywhere by heavy boots, and worse than usual because of the complete breakdown of the municipal administration. Ten days that shook the world nonfiction john reed ten days that shook the world. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Having at one bound leaped from the middle ages into the twentieth century, russia showed the startled world two systems of revolution the political and the socialin mortal combat. It presents a wonderfully vivid and forceful description of the first days of the october revolution. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by the american journalist and socialist john. Ten days that shook the world is john reeds eyewitness account of the russian revolution. Eisensteins ten days that shook the world screens in l. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917 which reed experienced firsthand. Adventure it was, and one of the most marvellous mankind ever embarked upon, sweeping into history at the head of the toiling masses, and staking everything on their vast and simple desires. Angelenos are invited to come celebrate the centennial.
Irans ruhollah khomeini, a man who shook the world nytimes. The university of arizona department of russian and slavic studies invites you to a take part in a film series commemorating the 100year anniversary of the russian revolution. Originally released as october in the soviet union, the film was reedited and released internationally as ten days that shook the world, after john reeds popular book on the revolution. The last of a twopart film centered on the life and career of john reed, the. English project gutenbergs ten days that shook the world, by john reed this file should be named 10daz10.
Ten days that shook the world was the title john reed gave his remarkable book. October ten days that shook the world wexner center for. Nov 03, 2017 ten days that shook the world, 95 minutes in length, is being screened on the exact 100th anniversary of the storming of the winter palace. October ten days that shook the world the loft cinema. Already the machinery had been set up by which the land of. Nov 07, 2017 red wedge answers no, and we intend our soontobe released fourth issue as a way of insisting that this vision is still an urgent and necessary one.
Oct 24, 2017 cosponsored by ohio states center for historical research, department of history, department of slavic and east european languages and cultures, and film studies program. A day that shook the world recalls the days of the 20th century that proved to be eradefining and pivotal in the course of modern history. Ten days that shook the world by john reed goodreads. Here we have the quintessential example of the high concept movie. While simplistic stereotypical characterizations keep the film from becoming involving on an emotional level, the spectacle and visuals are typically brilliant and. Presented in documentary style, this 1928 soviet silent film recreates the events in petrograd, beginning with the crumbling of the russian monarchy in. During his four years in the moviemaking capitals of the world, he completed only the short. With robert stephens, barbara jefford, hugh burden, janet suzman. In july, counterrevolutionaries put down a spontaneous revolt, and lenins arrest is ordered.
He was born grigori vasilyevich mormonenko on january 23, 1903 in ekaterinburg, russia. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein. That shook the world 1928 by sergei eisenstein and grigori. Ten days that shook the world marxists internet archive. A film based on the book, starring emile hirsch as mr. Circa 66 million years ago cretaceoustertiary extinction, mexico. Days that shook the world season 1 episode guide on. Each 60 minute episode explores either one or two significant events from history through a combination of dramatisation, archive footage, and. John reeds account in ten days that shook the world a portrayal. The great film director sergei eisenstein based his film october ten days that shook the world on the american reporters work. In 1982, the soviet film maker sergei bondarchuk used the book as the basis of his film red bells its alternative title is ten days that shook the world. John reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of the few americans buried at the kremlin wall necropolis.
Dunyayi sarsan on gun 1983 ten days that shook the world. John reeds ten days that shook the world is the single best surviving account of the november 1918 russian revolution, and a glimpse of the dramatic events of a century ago that continue to reverberate to the present day. Ten days that shook the world 1967 sepuluh hari yang. October was only his third feature film, yet eisenstein had already. October ten days that shook the world 1927 plot summary. Poster for the 1925 film, battleship potemkin, screening march 24, 2017 as part of the ten films that shook the world series.
Here, we take a look at some of the days that shook the world, creating notable and lasting effects that are still felt and seen today. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders closely during his time in russia. Ten days that shook the world by reed john, first edition. Reeds account was romantic, partisan and intensely personal. In the meantime, we recognize and celebrate 1917 with eisensteins amazing and monumental october. Sergei bondarchuks war and peace film of ten days that shook the world. Reed was a socialist himself and was working for a socialist newspaper when he went to russia to report on. October ten days that shook the world 1928 rotten tomatoes. The sarajevo assassination is a 1975 czechoslovakyugoslavgerman coproduction film directed by veljko bulajic, starring christopher plummer and florinda bolkan. October ten days that shook the world by nikolai popov dvd. The film is about the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophie in sarajevo in 1914 and the immediate aftermath that led to the outbreak of. Ten days that shook the world chapter ix victory order number i to the troops of the pulkovo detachment. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Join us for two screenings of films from legendary soviet directors sergei eisenstein and vsevolod pudovkin. He was still there five days later when he learned that the enemy had closed to within ten miles. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by the american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917, which reed experienced firsthand. Ten days that shook the world is the tale of a nation being born. Overview of ten days that shook the world, 1983, directed by sergey bondarchuk, with anatoly ustiuzhaninov, franco nero, sydne rome, at turner classic movies skip navigation tcm. Commissioned by the soviet central committee in 1927 to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the october revolution, october also known as ten days that shook the world is the last significant silent film of legendary director sergei eisenstein. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov. The decade of the 1920s in russian film is considered a golden.
A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in petrograd in november 1917, when lenin and the bolsheviks finally seized power. We will complete the work scarcely begun in march, and advanced during the kornilov affair. Major events throughout history have changed and defined the world we inhabit and explore today. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Overview of ten days that shook the world, 1983, directed by sergey bondarchuk, with anatoly ustiuzhaninov, franco nero, sydne rome, at turner classic movies. In his work ten days that shook the world the book from which this event series draws its name, american journalist john reed chronicled the opening days of the october revolution. October ten days that shook the world wexner center. John reed, active in the left wing of the socialist party of america, went on to found the communist party, usa, along with james p. These are the days on which political revolutions, technological breakthroughs, and sporting triumphs took place, and whose effects were felt the world over.
Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders, especially grigory zinoviev and karl radek, closely during his time in russia. John reed s ten days that shook the world represents one of the 20th centurys greatest politicalliterary achievements, being one of the first book length eyewitness accounts of the great russian october revolution. Presented in documentary style, this 1928 soviet silent film recreates the events in petrograd, beginning. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Grigori aleksandrov was a sovietrussian filmmaker best known as director of volga volga 1938, the circus 1936, and october ten days that shook the world 1927, as well as costar in battleship potemkin 1925 by director sergei m. An additional source was john reeds ten days that shook the world the title used for the version of oktiabr prepared for release abroad. The book was penned by john reed, a socialist journalist from the united states, who was the subject of the warren beatty movie, reds. Under dull grey skies, in the shortening days, the rain fell drenching, incessant. Ten days that shook the world is reeds extraordinary record of that event.
Commissioned by the soviet authorities in 1928, ten days that shook the world is one of eisensteins best known experimental works as well as an exemplary showcase of soviet revolutionary ideology. With franco nero, anatoli ustyzhaninov, sydne rome, bogdan stupka. Dec 01, 2014 the struggle between the proletariat and the middle class, between the soviets and the government, which had begun in the first march days, was about to culminate. Few 1950s tourist brochures would be complete without obligatory photographs of. As reed himself put it, this book is a slice of intensified historyhistory as i saw it. Ten days that shook the world chapter iii on the eve.
In his book 10 days that shook the world generally acclaimed as one of the greatest pieces of journalism ever, john reed recounted the same types of dizzying steps in 1917 that led to the. Dec 19, 2016 the great film director sergei eisenstein based his film october ten days that shook the world on the american reporters work. Review by alex miller john reeds classic account of the russian revolution of november 1917 isnt an attempt at largescale dispassionate historical analysis, but an eyewitness account of the bolsheviks rise to power penned on the spot or shortly afterwards by a sympathetic us socialist. Six months after the publication of ten days that shook the world in the united states, reed returned to russia where he died the following year. Cosponsored by ohio states center for historical research, department of history, department of slavic and east european languages and cultures, and film studies program. Home ten days that shook the world ten days that shake. Desyat dney kotorye potryasli mir is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov. Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books 351 pages paperback. By late october, the bolsheviks are ready to strike. The most lasting image of mariel may be the 1983 film. In ten days that shook the world john reed conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. Better known as october andor ten days that shook the world this sergei eisenstein classic recreates the final days of the soviet revolution. A retelling of the the revolutionary events that rocked.
Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira 1983. John reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of. An american journalist and revolutionary writer, john reed became a close friend of lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in russia. While the mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the palace. Russian and soviet film, princeton university press, princeton, 1983, p. We went to a moving picture show near the kazan cathedrala bloody italian film of passion and intrigue. Ten days that shook the world by john reed overdrive. Ten days that shook the worldchapter i wikisource, the. It is not a mere enumeration of facts, nor a collection of documents, but a succession of scenes from life, so typical that any participant in the revolution. Catch a sneak peek from 20 stories that shook the world in 20 years premiering friday, july 15th at 10 pm et. Down front were some soldiers and sailors, staring at the screen in childlike.
In this book john reed sets forth the events leading up to and during the november revolution in russia in the year 1917. Days that shook the world conspiracy to kill duration. Featuring an introduction and post film panel discussion with professor douglas weiner. Irans ruhollah khomeini, a man who shook the world. The last of a twopart film centered on the life and career of john reed, the revolutionary communist journalist. It is a celebratory dramatization of the 1917 october revolution commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the event. I am a little apprehensive, morgan confessed in a dispatch to. Ten days that shook the world film product information category classic dvds, dramas movies, foreign films videos, war, vintage, politics, silent cinema, russian. Preparation for oktiabr included research into newspaper reports, news photographs, newsreels, esther shubs footage taken in petrograd during the revolution, and historical memoirs. These are the days on which political revolutions, technological breakthroughs, and sporting triumphs took place, and whose effects were felt the world.
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