In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

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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).

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

55 minutes

Year:

1937

Director:

Yakov Bliokh

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Company:

Central Studio of Documentary Films

Cast:
Joseph Stalin

Himself

Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

Self

Vasiliy Kachalov

Narrator (voice)

M. Lebedev

Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Yakov Bliokh

Director

Dziga Vertov

Director

Elizaveta Svilova

Assistant Director

Klavdiya Kulagina

Assistant Director

Mikhail Oshurkov

Camera Operator