Rudolf Kerer plays Beethoven Moonlight Sonata for Lenin - video 1963

Maxim Gorky says goodbye to Vladimir Lenin before Rudolf Kehrer plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 14, op. 27 no. 2, as Lenin takes a long contemplative walk and drive back to the Kremlin. This incredible footage comes from a Soviet film entitled Appassionata: From the same film I’ve also uploaded Kerer playing Chopin’s Revolutionary etude and Beethoven’s Appassionata. The actor who plays Lenin, Boris Smirnov, was officially appointed to play him throughout the ’50s an