Release Date
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Original Release
December 25, 1937
0h 55m
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1937)
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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
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Yakov Bliokh
Department: Directing
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Cast

Joseph Stalin
Himself
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Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze
Self
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Vasiliy Kachalov
Narrator (voice)
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M. Lebedev
Narrator (voice)
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Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Central Studio of Documentary Films


