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Episode 10: 10 Eisenstein

10 Eisenstein

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Silent movie accompanist Neil Brand reappraises Eisenstein's influential film October.

Writer, composer and silent movie accompanist Neil Brand weighs up propaganda versus artistic invention in the re-enactment of the Revolution in Eisenstein's classic film October.

Ten contemporary cultural specialists look back at the impact of the Russian Revolution of 1917 on artists of the time - in film, theatre, poetry, dance and beyond.
Writer, composer and silent movie accompanist Neil Brand weighs up propaganda versus artistic invention in the re-enactment of the Revolution at the heart of Eisenstein's classic film October. 

Part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture

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Authors, artists and historians describe works by inspirational and visionary artists

Authors, artists and historians describe works by inspirational and visionary artists that shook the world

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