Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death
Владимир Ленин
as Himself (archive footage)
Иосиф Сталин
as Himself (archive footage)
Nadezhda Krupskaya
as Herself (archive footage)
Anna Ulyanova
as Herself (archive footage)
Felix Dzerzhinsky
as Himself (archive footage)
Mikhail Frunze
as Himself (archive footage)
Leonid Krasin
as Himself (archive footage)
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky
as Himself (archive footage)
Mikhail Kalinin
as Himself (archive footage)
Clara Zetkin
as Herself (archive footage)
Kliment Voroshilov
as Himself (archive footage)
Семён Будённый
as Himself (archive footage)
