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Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
RUSSIA · 1925

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

Dziga Vertov
Soviet propaganda Lenin commemoration Soviet newsreel political documentary Soviet history
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Synopsis

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 Russ

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