Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898–1948) |
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The son of an 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. The Proletkult's director, Vsevolod ...
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Died:(age 50) in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] |
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L'incroyable Cinématon de Sergueï Eisenstein supervisé par Dziga Vertov
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Book: "The Film Form" See more »Publicity Listings:
10 Biographical Movies | 31 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 7 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »Alternate Names:
S. M. Eisenstein | S.M. Eisenstein | S. Eisenstein | Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein | Sergei Eisenstein | Sergueï Eisenstein | Sergei Eizenshtein | Sergey EyzenshteynHeight:
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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.Trivia:
On January 23, 1998, the Bank of Russia issued a pair of two-rouble coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenstein's birth. 15,000 of each coin were minted; the obverse side of each coin depicts a two-headed eagle, the BANK OF RUSSIA inscription, the denomination of the coin, and its year of minting. On the reverse of one coin is an image of Eisenstein holding a piece of film, the ... 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 (1925) [Battleship Potemkin]).Star Sign:
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