Battleship Potemkin

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Battleship Potemkin

Sergei Eisenstein's depiction of the mutiny of the crew of the Potemkin during the insurrection of 1905 is one of the essential works in film history. The film's centerpiece is staged on the Odessa Steps, where in 1905 the Czar's Cossacks methodically shot down rioters and innocent bystanders alike. To Eisenstein, this single bloody incident was the crucible of the successful 1917 Bolshevik revolution. This film sequence is one of the great editing sequences of world cinema, and it is often imitated. The brilliant music score is by Dmitri Shostakovich.

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DVD

Silent with English intertitles
Chapter index and menu for each scene

Curator's Comments:
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Sergei Eisenstein and Girori Alekandrov
Black & White
69 minutes
Released: 1925
Rated: NR

Country: Russia
Language: Silent with English intertitles
Genre: Drama/Silent/War

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