In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

1937
55m
4.5

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"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).

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Central Studio of Documentary Films
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Серго Орджоникидзе
Release Date December 25, 1937
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0029537

Cast

Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin

Himself

Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze
Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

Self

Vasiliy Kachalov
Vasiliy Kachalov

Narrator (voice)

M. Lebedev
M. Lebedev

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Yakov Bliokh
Director
Dziga Vertov
Director
Margarita Kafieva
Producer