In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

1937/12/25 • Released • Russian

Documentary

4.5

55m

Ardent Fighter for the Cause of the Working Class, for the Cause of Communism, Fearless LeninistBolshevik, Friend and Comrade-in-Arms of Stalin the Great

Overview

The film is about the life and work of Grigory Ordzhonikidze Konstantinoviche, an important personality in both the Communist Party and the Soviet state. The film includes speeches by his bereaved friends who attended his funeral. In 1937, after the unexpected death of Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Vertov received an urgent order from the government to produce a film about the life of Ordzhonikidze. He was ordered to work together with Yakov Bliohom and the director of the film "Battleship Potemkin" distributed by Goskino (Soviet State Committee for Cinematography).

Director : Yakov Bliokh

Casts

Joseph Stalin

Himself

Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

Self

Vasiliy Kachalov

Narrator (voice)

M. Lebedev

Narrator (voice)

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Overview

Casts

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