Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Boris ShchukinVladimir Ilich Lenin | Vladimir Ilich Lenin |
 Nikolai OkhlopkovVasily | Vasily |
 Vasili VaninFactory Foreman Matveyev | Factory Foreman Matveyev |
 Nikolai ArskyBlinov, worker (as N. Arsky) | Blinov, worker (as N. Arsky) |
 Nikolai ChaplyginKirilin | Kirilin |
 Vladimir VladislavskiyKarnayukhov (as V. Vladislavsky) | Karnayukhov (as V. Vladislavsky) |
 Semyon GoldshtabJosef Stalin | Josef Stalin |
 Nikolai SvobodinRutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary | Rutkovsky, the Social Revolutionary |
| VVadim GanshinZhukov, the Menshevik | Zhukov, the Menshevik |
 Yelena ShatrovaAnna Mikhailovna | Anna Mikhailovna |
| AAleksandr KovalevskyAleksandr Feodorovich Kerenski | Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerenski |
| NNikolai SokolovMikhail Vladimir Rodzyanko | Mikhail Vladimir Rodzyanko |
 Klavdiya KorobovaNatasha, Vasily's wife (as K. Korobova) | Natasha, Vasily's wife (as K. Korobova) |
 Vladimir PokrovskiyDzerzhinsky (as V. Pokrovsky) | Dzerzhinsky (as V. Pokrovsky) |
 Ivan LagutinNot listed | Not listed |
| VVasiliy LukyanovWorker | Worker |