Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin (Russian: Броненосец «Потёмкин», Bronenosets Potyomkin), sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers of the Tsarist regime. Battleship Potemkin has been called one of the most influential propaganda film... More

Initial release date:

  • 1925

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 15 min

Produced by:

Also known as:

  • Bronenosets Potyomkin,
  • Panzerkreuzer Potemkin. Rekonstruktion der russischen Premierenfassung. Es spielt das Deutsche Filmorchester Babelsberg. Dirigat: Helmut Imig,
  • Bronenosec Potemkin,
  • Bronenosez Potemkin,
  • Panzerkreuzer Potemkin,
  • Bronenosez Potjomkin

Film

Directed by

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (23 January 1898 – 11 February 1948), né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage". He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October ...

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1925
  • Oct 7, 1998
  • Dec 5, 1926
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 15 min
  • 1 h 14 min
  • 1 h 10 min
  • 1 h 13 min
  • 1 h 9 min
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