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Poster of Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

1925 · Film · 75 min

  • Drama
  • History
  • War

Plot

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

About Battleship Potemkin

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.

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Cast

  • Aleksandr AntonovGrigory Vakulinchuk
  • Vladimir BarskyCommander Golikov
  • Grigori AleksandrovChief Officer Giliarovsky
  • Ivan BobrovYoung Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
  • Mikhail GomorovMilitant Sailor
  • Aleksandr LevshinPetty Officer
  • Nina PoltavtsevaWoman with Pince-nez
  • Konstantin FeldmanStudent Agitator
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