Basic Info
Release: December 25, 1937
Rating: ⭐ 4.5/10 (4 votes)

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

1937 ⭐ 4.5/10 4 votes
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).

Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
  • Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
  • Russian ru

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Cast
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Himself
Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze
Self
Vasiliy Kachalov
Vasiliy Kachalov
Narrator (voice)
M. Lebedev
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Yakov Bliokh
Director
Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov
Director
Margarita Kafieva
Producer