Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.。Lera is a sociology student at a small-town university. Her mother is a sleepwalker who believes in miracles, and her father just left the family for another woman. Lera has no idea how to make her life better. And one more thing: a spirit keeps visiting her dreams at night. And the harder Lera's life gets, the more often she has these dreams. That is, until the spirit steps in...。1927年,为纪念十月革命十周年而拍摄的纪录风格影片,片中群众角色很多为当时参与十月革命的工人和士兵,当时起义的领导之一Nikolai Podvolsky也参与演出一名布尔什维克(此公是十月革命十周年庆典组委会的主席,正是他向爱森斯坦委约了这部影片)。脚本参考了美国记者里德(John Reed)的新闻体纪实著作《震撼世界的十天》(Ten Days That Shook the World)。此片和《战舰波将金》、《罢工》一样,同为爱森斯坦二十年代探索蒙太奇剪辑的代表作。
通常上映的版本配乐,采用了苏联作曲家肖斯塔科维奇的交响作品和小品。。