In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Name: In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Director: Yakov Bliokh
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1937-12-25
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Joseph Stalin, Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze, Vasiliy Kachalov, M. Lebedev

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In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

*5.4

Status

Released

Production

Central Studio of Documentary Films

Aired

1937-12-25

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

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).

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