Reject everything on the basis of this review 287.

Lenin

The author of the dramatization wants to depict nearly the entire revolution. The selection of facts is often arbitrary. Many biographical details are incorrect.

The production is extraordinarily complex, requiring a mass of participants, will cost an enormous amount of money, the execution will be poor and will resemble a bad lubok. Our cinematographic technique is very weak and will not be able to depict what the author wants. The play is hardly acceptable.

N. Krupskaya

Written February 18, 1922

First published in 1959 in Lenin Collection XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript