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Bronenosets Potyomkim (1925)
English: The Battleship Potemkin
(enitre movie)
Directed By: Sergei M Eisenstein
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov
Length: 75 min
Genre: Drama / Propaganda
Based On: Original Screenplay by Sergei M Eisenstein and Nina Agadzhanova
Based on the true story, The Battleship Potemkin is a dramatized version of a mutiny that occured in 1905.
The first part of the film shows the crew being served ortten and maggot infested meat. The troops refused to eat it and this makes their commanding officer angry. When the commanding officer tries to punish the crew, they mutiny. This sparks rebellous activity on land as well.
The people of Odessa rise up with the sailors, and the Czarist military is sent in. The Odessa Steps sequence is one of the most famous scenes in cinama history. The scene shows the milatry slaughtering the people of Odessa as they protest. At one point, a mother is shot, and a baby carriage with her baby inside starts rolling down the steps. Many films, including The Outsiders, have paid homage and/or spoofed this scene.
This movie, and the same goes for Stachka, is very violent. This movie was also banned at times in many nations, including in the Soviet Union itself. However it wasn't long before it was accepted. It was even names the greatest movie ever made at the World's Fair in Brussels in 1958.
Entertainment Rating: 8/10
Historical Rating: 9/10
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