Battleship Potemkin

1925 · directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Rating
86/100
Hit
yes

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Battleship Potemkin (1925), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, rates 86/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Aleksandr Antonov
  • Vladimir Barsky
  • Grigori Aleksandrov
  • Ivan Bobrov
  • Mikhail Gomorov
  • Aleksandr Levshin
  • Nina Poltavtseva
  • Konstantin Feldman
  • Prokhorenko
  • A. Glauberman

Crew

  • Eduard Tisse — Director of Photography
  • Sergei Eisenstein — Editor
  • Edmund Meisel — Original Music Composer
  • Grigori Aleksandrov — Writer
  • Nikolay Aseev — Writer
  • Nina Agadzhanova — Writer
  • Sergei Eisenstein — Writer
  • Sergei Tretyakov — Writer

More from Sergei Eisenstein

  1. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) — 85/100 · hit
  2. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Strike (1925) — 85/100 · hit
  4. October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) — 80/100 · hit
  5. Alexander Nevsky (1938) — 80/100 · hit
  6. ¡Qué Viva México! (1979) — 71/100

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