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Battleship Potemkin

Original title: Bronenosets Potyomkin · Turkish title: Potemkin zırhlısı

“Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.”

1925 · 1 h 6 min
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
DramaHistoryThriller

Cast

Aleksandr Antonov Vladimir Barsky Grigori Aleksandrov

Credits

Written by: Nina Agadzhanova

Plot

In 1905 the sailors of the Russian battleship Potemkin are served meat crawling with maggots. When their officers threaten to execute the protesters, the crew mutinies, and a sailor named Vakulinchuk is killed in the fight. His body becomes a rallying point for the people of Odessa, who gather on the harbour steps. Soldiers open fire on the crowd in the celebrated Odessa Steps sequence. Eisenstein's 1925 film made the argument for montage, building meaning from the collision of shots, and it was both a revolutionary celebration and a landmark of film technique.

Sinekatalog’s take

Eisenstein's silent Soviet propaganda classic centres on the Odessa Steps massacre. The editing theory behind it, montage as collision, shaped film language, and the baby-carriage shot is still referenced.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (65,831 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (52 critic reviews)
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