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Battleship Potemkin (DVD, 2000)

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The classic Russian film which tells the dramatic story of a heroic mutiny on board one of the Czar's battleships in 1905. Possibly the greatest film of all time, having achieved many honours over the last seventy years.

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EAN5060000404111

eBay Product ID (ePID)3951522

Product Key Features

ActorMikhail Gomorov, Grigori Alexandrov, Vladimir Barsky, Alexander Antonov

Film/TV TitleBattleship Potemkin

DirectorSergei Eisenstein

Release Year2000

FormatDVD

LanguageRussian

FeaturesInteractive Menus, Black & White

GenreDrama, Historical

Run Time74 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureRussia

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationSergei Eisenstein's film of the famed Odessa revolt has been one of the landmarks of cinema since its release. Commissioned by the government to commemorate the failed uprising of 1905, it's without stars or even actors in the usual sense, exemplifying the collectivism it celebrates. The Battleship Potemkin has just returned from the war with Japan, its crew near mutiny because of brutal treatment and bad rations. When they're served maggot-infested meat one morning, the sailors finally rebel. One of the sailors, Vakulinchuk (Aleksandr Antonov), dissuades the officers from firing upon the mutineers, and they join the rest of the crew in revolt. Hearing of the mutiny, the people of Odessa send supplies to express their solidarity with the crew and gather en masse to mourn a slain sailor. The czar's troops arrive to dispel the crowd. In perhaps the most famous sequence in film history, the director rhymically intercuts shots of the troops marching machinelike down the Odessa steps with shots of innocent citizens being killed and wounded, in a brilliant embodiment of the director's theories of montage. Aside from CITIZEN KANE, perhaps the most perfectly constructed film ever made, the film's vision of tyranny and rebellion remain as powerful today as it was in 1925.

Sound sourceMono

Movie/TV TitleBattleship Potemkin