BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN

SERGEI M EISENSTEIN | RUSSIA | 1925 | 69 MIN | NR | ENGLISH INTERTITLES

Part of the Sight and Sound 100 series
BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #56

An integral contribution to development of cinema as an artform, Sergei’s Eisenstein’s silent drama refuses subtly as it chronicles the insurrection led by the crew of a Russian battleship against its own officers and the chaos that follows.

Cast: Ivan Bobrov, Vladimir Barsky, Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov