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Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist.He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
IMDb provides an overview of the life and work of Sergei Eisenstein, a pioneer of Soviet cinema and film theory. Learn about his influential films, such as Battleship Potemkin and Ivan the Terrible, his collaborations with Meyerhold and his experiments with montage.
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Jun 11, 2024 · Sergei Eisenstein (born January 22, 1898, Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire—died February 11, 1948, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian film director and theorist whose work includes the three film classics Battleship Potemkin (1925), Alexander Nevsky (1938), and Ivan the Terrible (released in two parts, 1944 and 1958).
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- 'Battleship Potemkin' (1925) IMDb: 7.9/10. Battleship Potemkin dramatizes a real-life mutiny that took place in 1905 aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin, where sailors rebelled against the oppressive officers.
- 'Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot' (1958) IMDb: 7.8/10. The second installment focuses on Ivan IV's conflict with the boyars, a segment of the Russian nobility who were opposed to his rule.
- 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' (1944) IMDb: 7.7/10. This is the first entry in Eisenstein's two-part historical epic about the infamous Russian czar Ivan IV (Nikolay Cherkasov).
- 'Strike' (1925) IMDb: 7.6/10. Set in 1903, Strike tells the story of a group of factory workers who, faced with oppressive working conditions and low wages, decide to go on strike.
Eisenstein's life was rich in unexpected turns and temptations. As a Soviet artist he encountered the European bohème and the Hollywood machine, he learned to live under Stalin—in a mix of prohibition, seduction, fear, and conformity. In his art—for Eisenstein the true reality and only necessity—he hits upon the wounds of the century ...
Battleship Potemkin, Soviet silent film, released in 1925, that was director Sergey M. Eisenstein ’s tribute to the early Russian revolutionaries and is widely regarded as a masterpiece of international cinema. Scene from Battleship Potemkin (1925). The film is based on the mutiny of Russian sailors against their tyrannical superiors aboard ...
Learn about the life and work of Sergei Eisenstein, the pioneer of cinematic montage and a Soviet filmmaker. Find out his influences, achievements, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
