Palma City Council organizes this series of films and conferences that commemorate the first centenary of the Russian Revolution in 1017. It is celebrated from November 15 to December 16 in different areas of the city.
November 15
7:30 p.m. Teatre Municipal Catalina Valls
Oktyabr (October), by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov,
USSR, 1927. (100 min).
Presentation of the film by Josep Quetglas Riusech, architect and professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Genre: drama, silent movies
Screenplay: Sergei M. Eisenstein i Grigori Aleksandrov
Music: Edmund Meisel (restored version: Dimitri Xostakóvitx)
Cast: Vassilli Nikandrov, Boris Livanov, Eduard Tissé, Nikolai Podvoiski and Nikolai Popov
Wednesday, November 22
7:30 p.m. Teatre Municipal Catalina Valls
Ivanovo detstvo (Ivan's childhood) by Andrei Tarkovski
USSR, 1962, 95 min. (VOSE)
Presentation of the film by Antoni Maria Thomas, journalist and director of the documentaries Nosaltres els vençuts and Els Xuetes. Crònica dels jueus conversos de Mallorca, among others.
Genre: war drama
Screenplay: Oleg Vladimir Bogomolov and Mikhail Papava
Music: Viatxeslav Ovtxinnikov
Cast: Nikolai Burlyayev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Nikolai Grinko and Valentina Maliavina
Wednesday November 29
7:30 p.m. Teatre Municipal Catalina Valls
Leviafan (Leviathan) by Andrei Zviagintsev
Russia, 2014, 141 min. (VOSE)
Presentation of the film by Josep Carles Romaguera, graduate in Hispanic Philology, professor of language and literature and film critic
Genre: drama
Screenplay: Oleg Negin, Andrei Zviagintsev
Music: Philip Glass
Cast: Aleksei Serebriakov, Vladimir Vdovitxenkov, Elena Liadova, Anna Ukolova, Roman Madianov and Lesia Kudriashova
Friday, December 15
5:30 p.m. Ramon Llull Library
Mat (Mare), by Vsevolod Pudovkin
USSR, 1926 (88 min)
Genre: drama, silent movies
Screenplay: Nathan Zarkhi (novel·la by Màxim Gorky)
Music: David Blok, Tikhon Khrennikov
Cast: Vera Baranovskaia, Nikolai Batalov, Aleksandr Txistiakov, Ivan Koval-Samborski and Anna Zemtzova.
Saturday December 16:
Ramon Llull Library
10:00 h. Conference Dona i Revolució, by Rosa Monlleó, Professor of Contemporary History at the Universitat Jaume I
11.30 h. Lecture Revolució i dret d'autodeterminació, by Antoni Marimon, doctor in History of the University of the Balearic Islands
13.00 h. Presentation of the five volumes of works by Lenin in catalan by Pelai Pagès, doctor in Contemporary History of the University of Barcelona
