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).
Cast
Crew
Yakov Bliokh
Director

Dziga Vertov
Director

Elizaveta Svilova
Assistant Director
Klavdiya Kulagina
Assistant Director
Margarita Kafieva
Producer
Mikhail Oshurkov
Camera Operator

Ivan Belyakov
Camera Operator

Viktor Dobronitsky
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Adzhibegishvili
Camera Operator

Vasily Solovyov
Camera Operator
Ivan Renkov
Sound

Sergei Semyonov
Sound

Isaak Dunayevsky
Original Music Composer

David Blok
Music Editor

Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach
Songs
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Insane Fight Club

Angelique and the Sultan

Musangwe: Fight Club

Moonshine

The Milky Way
Girls Fight Club

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Avataro Sentai Donburies

Santa's Promise

Avatara Purusha: Part 1

Cincinnati's Rock 'N Roll Legends

Empire of Passion

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

Decalogue IV

