yes, i indeed watched this soviet silent film from the 1920s on my phone during a bus ride at 7:30am this morning, exactly the way that director and Father of Montage sergei eisenstein intended
Cinemas
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
Battleship Potemkin
Броненосец Потёмкин
An acclaimed, bleak drama.
Drama
History
War
1925
1h 15m
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
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i, too, am proud to be a gay Russian communist
beginning to think there's a slight chance that this may not be the one with Rihanna in it after all
Common questions
What is Battleship Potemkin about?+
It portrays a mutiny by sailors of the Russian battleship Potemkin during the 1905 revolution, exploring the clash between the crew and their oppressive officers.
Who directed Battleship Potemkin?+
The film was directed by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein in 1925, a landmark work in the history of cinema and montage theory.
Has Battleship Potemkin won any awards?+
It has been preserved in the National Film Registry and is frequently cited in major polls ranking the most significant films in history.
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