Battleship Potemkin

About Battleship Potemkin

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Battleship Potemkin (1925) is a history war film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Aleksandr Antonov takes the lead as Grigory Vakulinchuk, Vladimir Barsky as Commander Golikov, Grigori Aleksandrov as Chief Officer Giliarovsky, and Ivan Bobrov as Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping.

It runs 75 minutes and was released in December 1925. Written by Grigori Aleksandrov and Nikolay Aseev.

Members will find massacre, sailor, panic, and rage in it. American members can watch it on Brew, Criterion Channel, and FlixFling. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 1,353 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World), Sherlock Jr., and Man with a Movie Camera make useful companions to Battleship Potemkin, all filed under russian revolution (1917), silent film, and soviet realism.