Film · Drama, History, War
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.
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.
- Director
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Writers
- Sergei Tretyakov, Sergei Eisenstein, Nina Agadzhanova
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Release date
- December 24, 1925
- Original title
- Броненосец Потёмкин
Cast
Aleksandr AntonovGrigory Vakulinchuk
Vladimir BarskyCommander Golikov
Grigori AleksandrovChief Officer Giliarovsky
Ivan BobrovYoung Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
Mikhail GomorovMilitant Sailor- Aleksandr LevshinPetty Officer
- Nina PoltavtsevaWoman with Pince-nez
- Konstantin FeldmanStudent Agitator
- ProkhorenkoMother Carrying Wounded Boy
- A. GlaubermanWounded Boy
- Beatrice VitoldiWoman with Baby Carriage
Danylo AntonovychSailor
Iona Biy-BrodskiyStudent- Julia EisensteinWoman with Food for Sailors
Sergei EisensteinOdessa Citizen
Andrey FaytRecruit- Yuriy KorobeynikovLegless Veteran
- MarusovOfficer
- ProtopopovOld Man
- RepnikovaWoman on the Steps
