Potemkin

Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
USSR 1925
67 minutes with musical score
(with soundtrack)

Soldiers aboard the legendary battleship stage a revolution of their own and the fight for freedom begins. This film classic about the 1905 Russian Revolution dramatizes the mutiny of the sailors of the Battleship Potemkin and the subsequent massacre of the innocent civilians who sympathized with them. The silent film features a musical soundtrack by Edmund Meisel. Eisenstein's innovative editing techniques in this masterpiece have influenced directors from mainstream Hollywood to the avant-garde.

Available in 35mm & 16mm