Battleship Potemkin
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)

PG
11/01/1954 (GB)
Drama, History, War
1h 15m

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

Overview

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.

  • Sergei EisensteinDirector, Writer
  • Sergei TretyakovWriter
  • Nina AgadzhanovaWriter
  • Original Title

    Броненосец Потёмкин

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

  • Revenue

    $45,100

Keywords

  • panic
  • baby carriage
  • cossack
  • slaughter
  • massacre
  • rage
  • sailor
  • silent film
  • russian revolution (1917)
  • revolt
  • imperial russia
  • insubordination
  • port city
  • soviet realism
  • maggots

Top Billed Cast

Aleksandr Antonov

Aleksandr Antonov

Grigory Vakulinchuk

Vladimir Barsky

Vladimir Barsky

Commander Golikov

Grigori Aleksandrov

Grigori Aleksandrov

Chief Officer Giliarovsky

Ivan Bobrov

Ivan Bobrov

Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping

Mikhail Gomorov

Militant Sailor

Aleksandr Levshin

Petty Officer

Nina Poltavtseva

Woman with Pince-nez

Konstantin Feldman

Student Agitator

Prokhorenko

Mother Carrying Wounded Boy

A. Glauberman

Wounded Boy

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