Lenin in Paris


Lenin in Paris is a Soviet biopic directed by Sergei Yutkevich in 1981 on Mosfilm.

Synopsis

Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin spent four years in Paris, and this historical docudrama explores those years with a certain amount of humor. Lenin is shown visiting with friends, the meetings with his later mistress Inessa Armand, while several of his philosophical views and economic and political theories are mouthed by a former colleague who narrates the film and brings the material into the present.

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