Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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

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 Eisenstein 75 min Soviet Union

DirectorSergei Eisenstein

CastAleksandr Antonov, Aleksandr Levshin, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Vladimir Barsky

CountrySoviet Union

Duration75 min