"This is the voice of Vladimir Ilyich, Lenin." "It is May the 1st, 1919." "In Moscow's Red Square," "Lenin talks about the power of the revolutionary council." ""What is Soviet power"?" "he asks himself." "And asks..." "How does this new power come about... so unknown to most countries." "This is the first of..." "THREE PHONOGRAPHIC EXCERPTS OF" "LENIN ALIVE" "Recorded in 1919." "The only recordings of Ilyich's voice." "On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we offer the only existing audiovisual fragments about his life." "Vulnerating his own motto, the same one which during the first celebration of May 1st at Red Square, he conveyed to the cameraman... who was focussing with his camera lens;" "Edward Tisse, Eisenstein's cameraman." ""Don't shoot me, comrade," ""but those who listen to me;" ""the comrades going to the front."" "Not yet a century has gone by, it's the beginning of the seventies and his voice and his face... are the sign of our times." "A hundred years ago, on April 22nd, 1870, in the city of Simbirsk, at the shores of the Volga." "In a family of Russian intellectuals," "Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born." "This is the world where Ilyich was born, in 1870." "Lenin despised worshipping revolutionary leaders." "And he seldom wanted to be filmed." "The visual testimonials about his life are consistent with his modesty." "That's why we present them on the centenary of his birth, with utmost accuracy and devoid of manipulation." "These are the" "TWENTY-TWO CINEMATOGRAPHIC EXCERPTS OF" "LENIN ALIVE" "It is the first May, 1st of the Soviet Revolution." "A very tall Swedish cameraman, Eduard Tisse, having shot a total of 120 metres of film, walks through the crowds, towards the highstand at the centre of the bombarded square." "Convalescing from the wounds caused during the August 30th coup," "Lenin strolls again across the Kremlin gardens" "The Soviet news cameras turn up" "At the start Lenin didn't want to be filmed, but when he was told that workers wanted to see him again... in good health and working, he consented to participate." "First anniversary of the Revolution." "After the 6th Pan-Russian Soviet congress," "Lenin talks about the perspectives of a worldwide revolution." "Where a monument to the tzars stood," "Lenin inaugurates those of Marx and Engels." "These are the happiest days of his life, According to Nadezhda Krupskaya." "The German revolution starts the following day." "Once concluded the tasks of the first congress of the Communist International," "Lenin returns to Petrograd to participate with his sister Anna Ilyinichna Ulyanova in the funerals of his brother-in-law Mark Timofeyevich Yelizarov, the people's commissar." "In Moscow's Red Square," "Lenin greets for the last time another departed comrade," "Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, president of the Central Executive Committee." "Second May, 1st of the Revolution." "The troops of General Kolchak threaten Moscow." "At the Red Square, Lenin announces that workers neighbouring the front shall be armed." "Lenin visits the workers at the Rubriosk factory." "They discuss the need to... transform the dopey working rhythm into a lively one." "First congress of the national campaign for extracurricular education." "Lenin mentions the "agit-train", the travelling cinematographic players... which show revolutionary films in the streets by the rail tracks." "Lenin's letter is distributed with the motto:" "All fight against Denikin!" "After Lenin's speech, worker and military school batallions parade at the Red Square." "Along with them, the great leader of the Hungarian Revolution" "Tibor Szamuely." "At both the Eastern and the Petrograd fronts," "Lenin's call to the Russian army, fighting against Yudenich y Denikin forces, spreads." "This is the second phonographic document of Lenin Alive." ""Comrades of the Red Army," ""Capitalists from England, America and France..." ""are leading the war against Russia." ""They intend to return the power to the tzar, by sending money and munition..." ""to the Russian landlords, so they send troops against us..." ""from Siberia, the Don and the Northern Caucasus." ""No!" "This won't happen!" ""The Red Army hasn't yet won but has been able to gather... millions of peasants with wokers..." ""and they have learnt to fight with discipline." ""They are not discouraged, they have been trained to fight," ""facing with greater courage the enemies," ""to defeat them for good. "" "Second anniversary of the Revolution." "At the Red Square, Lenin attends the military parade." "These are the days of the cavalry counterattack." "Third "1st of May" for the Revolution." "Lenin has just turned 50." "After working with the Kremlin official ***pupils... to clean the Red Square," "Lenin inaugurates the monument to Marx... foreseen for November, 8th, 1918." "And a statue symbolizing emancipated work." "The only sequence shot in Lenin's family surroundings." "Ilyich strokes his pet cat, Ideologic, named after his awsome ability to show his dialectical claws." "Petrograd." "Lenin inaugurates the 2nd Congress of the Communist International, facing for the first time leninist issues... about the world's divide into two systems." "During a break of the International," "Lenin informs the Soviet citizens... about the world's news regarding revolutionary issues." "The 2nd Congress of the International resumes its action in Moscow." "Lenin faces the problem of fighting to anihilate colonialism." "The third congress of the Communist International begins." "Communist party tactics are a first and foremost issue, following the defeat of the proletariat revolutionary attack... in many capitalist countries." "Seated on the steps of the main stand," "Lenin gets underway his speech about the art of leading the revolution." "Lenin is ill and tired." "The doctors insist about his taking care and manage to move him to Gorki, to a rest home." "Return to Moscow." "Lenin has overcome his illness, but his working day is shortened from 11 to 2pm and from 6 to 8pm." "Lenin finds it hard to abide this schedule." "Last cinematographic excerpt of Lenin Alive." "Lenin in his studio." "Doctors forbid him to work." "Lenin, nonchalantly, rebuffs them:" ""You'll never succeed in preventing me from thinking."" "For 6 months in the Soviet Union they've been shooting..." ""Man with a Movie Camera" from Kino-Pravda," "(the filmed truth)." "What you hear is still Lenin's voice." "Last of the three phonographic excerpts of Lenin Alive." "His revolutionary speech goes on, we hear from his own voice the last extraordinary document... which we have salvaged after long investigations... at the manuscripts archive of the Alexinski Collection." "Written in 1907, it is the..." "ONLY POETIC EXCERPT OF..." "Let's hear Lenin's poem, "The year of the hurricanes", wishing the decade of the seventies to be also..." "THE YEARS OF THE HURRICANES." "It was a year of hurricanes." "The entire country was covered by clouds... thundering and hailing over the villages." "The storms deeply ruined the fields, the lightning howled violently, scorching the bodies and the nocturnal darkness, bare from stars." "was lit with the brightness of the quiet fires." "burning away." "And men, trapped in the whirlwind of the elements, felt oppressed by the heart's anguish and the painful blood beat." "Stone dry, mouths shut." "Thousands of victims fell... but the thorny crowns bore fruit." "With the torches of fate, the dead have trespassed the empire of lies... and the meanness of the slaves." "Before us, the path of martyrdom... they have carved with fire." "And the life's letter has been branded... with the hard stamp of the infamous shame of chains." "Then suddenly the icy season came, leaves dropped... and the wind lead the macabre dance." "The grey rot of autumn... spread its crying rain upon the mud... and forever buried me." "Happiness was unthinkable for men." "They refused life and rejected death." "The desperate fangs of cholera... mawled the blackened empty hearts of the homes." "But from the autumn panic spring bloomed at once, as if a clear light ray." "A gift from the gods to men's misery." "And the Red Spring brought life about." "Red was dawn one early May morning, colouring the fatigued sky," "And red was the sun, sparkling with its long rays... piercing the cloudy shroud of Russia." "Flames of lit torches upon the depths of the world." "Human flames lit, upon Nature's altars." "Lit for eternity by hands unknown." "Flames that lead the peoples from sleep to light." "And red roses grew out of blood." "Flowers unseen came out from earthly pages... and throughout red centuries intertwined wreaths... on graves never to be forgotten."