In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Серго Орджоникидзе) 86 years old

Ardent Fighter for the Cause of the Working Class, for the Cause of Communism, Fearless LeninistBolshevik, Friend and Comrade-in-Arms of Stalin the Great

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).

Credits

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze Cast

Name	Character
Joseph Stalin He was 59, 74 years old when he died	as Himself

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze Crew

Name	Department
Dziga Vertov as Director. He was 41 (58) years old when He died	Directing
Elizaveta Svilova as Assistant Director.	Directing