AMDigital Reference: N-507237

Film format: 16mm Comb BW pos

Director, Sergei Yutkevich ; script, Evgeny Gabrilovich, Sergei Yutkevich ; photography, Jan Laskowski ; art director, Jan Grandys ; music, Adam Walacinski ; sound, Yuzef Bartchak ; costume, Lekh Zakhorskiy, Olga Kruchinina ; makeup, Vladimir Yakovlev, Roman Kensikovsky ; editor, Klavdiya Aleyeva, Yanina Kondzela ; special effects, Boris Travkin ; consultant, Valentina Naydus, Vladimir Loginov

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2017. Digitized from a copy from the British Film Institute and made available by AM.

British Film Institute

Description based on online resource (viewed August 19, 2024).

Fictional account of Lenin's time in Poland before the 1917 revolution. During Lenin's imprisonment in Austria, and while he struggles with the developments of the First World War and the repercussions it will have for workers and capitalists, he recollects his time in Poland. The account focuses on Lenin's stay in Poronin with his wife, mother-in-law, and their maid Oulka. It depicts his working habits and his love of walking in the mountains, as well as his relationship with Oulka whom he considers to be like a daughter. Also includes the story of Oulka's love affair with Polish shepherd Andrzej, who leaves to fight in the war. English version of the film by S. P. S. (Société Parisienne de Sonorisation). Director Yutkevich won the award for Best Director at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.

Content warning: some distressing scenes of violence towards animals.

Lenin v Pol'she

Socialism on Film. Module I, Wars & revolutions.

Socialism on film module I: wars & revolutions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 > Exile > Poland > Poronin > Drama.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 > Imprisonment > Drama.

Revolutionaries > Russia > Drama.

Biographical films.

Fiction films.