A vibrant, cinematically radical, and extremely accomplished work which went on to become one of the most celebrated movies ever made.
Battleship Potemkin(Броненосец Потёмкин)
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Soviet Union · 1925
1h 15m
Director Sergei Eisenstein
Starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Genre Drama, History
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A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and the resultant public demonstration in 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.
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Battleship Potemkin is first and foremost an action drama, a work of straightforward emotion and pulse-quickening tension.
Slant Magazine by Jesse Cataldo
A persistently political work salvaged by its unforgettable grasp of motion.
It’s propaganda, yet of the most artistic variety.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Eisenstein's film still has a hypnotic urgency.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
One of the fundamental landmarks of cinema.
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