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Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898–1948)

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The son of a affluent architect, Eisenstein attended the Institute of Civil Engineering in Petrograd as a young man. With the fall of the tsar in 1917, he worked as an engineer for the Red Army. In the following years, Eisenstein joined up with the Moscow Proletkult Theater as a set designer and then director... See full bio »

Born:

Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein
in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]

Died:

(age 50) in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
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1988 Ivan Groznyy III (short)
 
1979 Que Viva Mexico (documentary)
 
1958 Eisenstein's Mexican Project
 
1958 Ivan the Terrible, Part II
 
1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I (as Sergei Eisenstein)
 
1943 Seeds of Freedom
 
1941 Conquering Cross
 
1941 Idol of Hope
 
1941 Land and Freedom
 
1941 Mexican Symphony
 
1941 Mexico Marches
 
1941 Spaniard and Indian
 
1941 Zapotecan Village
 
1940 Time in the Sun (documentary)
 
1939 The Fergana Canal (documentary short)
 
1938 Alexander Nevsky (as S. Eisenstein)
 
1937 Bezhin lug (short)
 
1934 Death Day (short)
 
1933 Eisenstein in Mexico (documentary)
 
1933 Thunder Over Mexico
 
1932 ¡Que viva Mexico!
 
1931 La destrucción de Oaxaca (documentary short)
 
1930 Sentimental Romance (short) (as S. M. Eisenstein)
 
1929 Old and New
 
1929 The Storming of La Sarraz
 
1928 October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (as S. M. Eisenstein)
 
1925 Battleship Potemkin (as S.M. Eisenstein)
 
1925 Strike
 
1923 Dnevnik Glumova (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
1998 Sergey Eyzenshteyn. Meksikanskaya fantasiya (documentary) (original "Que viva Mexico" conception and notes)
 
1996 Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (documentary) (autobiography)
 
1979 Que Viva Mexico (documentary) (original screenplay)
 
1958 Ivan the Terrible, Part II (writer)
 
1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I (as Sergei Eisenstein)
 
1943 Seeds of Freedom (Potemkin sequences)
 
1940 Time in the Sun (documentary)
 
1938 Alexander Nevsky (as S. Eisenstein)
 
1937 Bezhin lug (short)
 
1933 Thunder Over Mexico (story - uncredited)
 
1931 La destrucción de Oaxaca (documentary short)
 
1930 Sentimental Romance (short)
 
1929 Old and New (writer)
 
1929 The Storming of La Sarraz (writer)
 
1928 October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (written by / as S. M. Eisenstein)
 
1925 Battleship Potemkin (uncredited)
 
1925 Strike
 
Show ShowEditor (5 titles)
1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I (as Sergei Eizenshtein)
 
1938 Alexander Nevsky (uncredited)
 
1930 Sentimental Romance (short)
 
1930 Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (short)
 
1925 Battleship Potemkin (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1958 Ivan the Terrible, Part II (producer)
 
1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I (producer - uncredited)
 
1941 An Appeal to the Jews of the World (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1944 They Met in Moscow (artistic producer)
 
1930 Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (short) (supervisor)
 
1929 Everyday (short) (in co-operation with - as S. M. Eisenstein)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1929 Everyday (short)
Policeman
 
1929 The Storming of La Sarraz
Commander of the Army of Independents
 
1925 Battleship Potemkin
Odessa Citizen
 
Show ShowArt Director (2 titles)
1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I
 
1938 Alexander Nevsky (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
Show ShowCostume Designer (1 title)
1938 Alexander Nevsky (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2013 American Montage (short) (acknowledgment) (completed)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1998 Sergey Eyzenshteyn. Meksikanskaya fantasiya (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1931 Wir schalten um auf Hollywood
Himself
 
1923 Dnevnik Glumova (short)
Himself (takes bow at end)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2008 Khraniteli (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Tracing Battleship Potemkin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 The Worlds of Mei Lanfang (documentary)
 
1998 Eisenstein: The Master's House (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 El circulo eterno: Eisenstein en México (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (documentary)
Himself - in England, in Holland, Anti-Anti-Semitism Speech in English
 
1984 Eisenstein en México (short)
Himself
 
1958 Sergei Eisenstein (documentary)
Himself
 

Related Videos

Que Viva Mexico -- Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state. Battleship Potemkin -- A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. Sentimental Romance -- Sentimental Romance
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1948) Book: "The Film Form" See more »

Publicity Listings:

7 Biographical Movies  | 14 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

S. M. Eisenstein | S.M. Eisenstein | S. Eisenstein | Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein | Sergei Eisenstein | Sergei Eizenshtein

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The hieroglyphic language of the cinema is capable of expressing any concept, any idea of class, any political or tactical slogan, without recourse to the help of a rather suspect dramatic or psychological past. See more »

Trivia:

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 291-305. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. See more »

Trademark:

[Montage] Considered the father of the cinematic montage, he often used heavily edited sequences for emotional impact and historical propaganda (his most famous being the Odessa Steps sequence in Battleship Potemkin [Battleship Potemkin]). See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius