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In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Movie"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"
Audience Score
45
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
NR 55 minDocumentary
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).

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:Central Studio of Documentary Films
Movie Tags:
soviet union