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 (1909–1912), 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 (in the movie she is in love with a young communist, Trofimov), 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. Cast Yuri Kayurov as Vladimir Lenin Claude Jade as Inessa Armand Vladimir Antonik as Aleksandr Trofimov Valentina Svetlova as Nadezhda Krupskaya Pavel Kadochnikov as Paul Lafargue Antonina Maksimova as Laura Lafargue Boris Ivanov as Jacob Zhitomirsky Sergei Pozharsky as Montéhus Albert Filozov as leader of the anarchists Yelena Koreneva as singer at Montéhus (singing voice by Carolyn Claire) Galina Belyayeva as student Sergei Prokhanov as courier Anatoly Adoskin as agitator-menshevik Olegar Fedoro as Montmarte painter External links