In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
"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"
4.5/100h 55m1937
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 Companies
Central Studio of Documentary Films
Additional Information
Original Title:Серго Орджоникидзе
Original Language:Russian
Status:Released