Battleship Potemkin backdrop

Battleship Potemkin 1925 Directed by Sergei Eisenstein Броненосец Потёмкин

Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language No Language
Gneres Drama , History , War
Production Companies Mosfilm , Goskino USSR
Revenue $45,100
Release Date 24 December 1925
75 mins
Cast
Aleksandr Antonov Grigory Vakulinchuk
Vladimir Barsky Commander Golikov
Grigori Aleksandrov Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Ivan Bobrov Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
Mikhail Gomorov Militant Sailor
Aleksandr Levshin Petty Officer
Nina Poltavtseva Woman with Pince-nez
Konstantin Feldman Student Agitator
Prokhorenko Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
A. Glauberman Wounded Boy
Beatrice Vitoldi Woman with Baby Carriage
Julia Eisenstein Woman with Food for Sailors
Sergei Eisenstein Odessa Citizen
Andrey Fayt Recruit
Yuriy Korobeynikov Legless Veteran
Marusov Officer
Protopopov Old Man
Repnikova Woman on the Steps
Zerenin Student
Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo Extra (uncredited)