Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Original title

Броненосец Потёмкин

Directed by

Sergei Eisenstein

Genre

drama film, silent film, propaganda film, historical drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 1,304 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

In 1905, the crew of a Russian battleship mutinies against their oppressive officers. This Soviet silent film uses rapid editing to build tension and depict the uprising.

propagandisticdramatichistoricalfast-pacedintenseinfluentialmontage-heavystylized

What happens

Battleship Potemkin is a 1925 Soviet silent epic film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by Sergei Eisenstein, it presents a dramatization of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers. The film is a prime example of the Soviet montage theory of editing, such as in the "Odessa Steps" scene, which became widely influential and often recreated. In 1958, the film was voted on Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. Battleship Potemkin is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. In the most recent Sight and Sound critics' poll in 2022, it was voted the fifty-fourth-greatest film of all time, and it had been placed in the top 10 in many previous editions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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