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Mood:
- Captivating
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Plot:
- RebelliousnessChaos and MayhemPolitical UnrestRevolutionInjusticeMilitaryRebellionState Affairs more...
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Genres:
- DramaWarForeignExperimentalSilent
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Time/Period:
- 1900s20th Century
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Place:
- RussiaShipUrbanBattleship
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Praise:
- ClassicCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpiece
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Based on:
- Based on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Orchestral
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Look:
- B&W
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Battleship Potemkin, 1925
Russian
Soviet Union
Profile of Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin can be described as captivating. The plot revolves around a revolution, rebelliousness, and chaos and mayhem. The main genres are drama, foreign, and war. In terms of style, Battleship Potemkin is a silent production and is experimental. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, on a ship and in an urban environment. Battleship Potemkin is located in Russia. It takes place in the 1900s. Visually, it is black and white. The soundtrack of Battleship Potemkin is orchestral. It is originally a true story. The movie has received attention for being a classic, a masterpiece, and essential viewing.
Summary of Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein's film of the famed Odessa revolt has been one of the landmarks of cinema since its release. Commissioned by the government to commemorate the failed uprising of 1905, it's without stars or even actors in the usual sense, exemplifying the collectivism it celebrates. The Battleship Potemkin has just returned from the war with Japan, its crew near mutiny because of brutal treatment and bad rations. When they're served maggot-infested meat one morning, the sailors finally rebel. One of the sailors, Vakulinchuk (Aleksandr Antonov), dissuades the officers from firing upon the mutineers, and they join the rest of the crew in revolt. Hearing of the mutiny, the people of Odessa send supplies to express their solidarity with the crew and gather en masse to mourn a slain sailor. The czar's troops arrive to dispel the crowd. In perhaps the most famous sequence in film history, the director rhymically intercuts shots of the troops marching machinelike down the Odessa steps with shots of innocent citizens being killed and wounded, in a brilliant embodiment of the director's theories of montage. Aside from CITIZEN KANE, perhaps the most perfectly constructed film ever made, the film's vision of tyranny and rebellion remain as powerful today as it was in 1925.
Details
| Language: | Russian |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Release date: | 5 December 1926 |
| Runtime: | 75 min |
Cast and Crew
as Commander Golikov
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