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Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898–1948)
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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Book: "The Film Form" See more »Publicity Listings:
10 Biographical Movies | 30 Print Biographies | 7 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »Alternate Names:
S. M. Eisenstein | S.M. Eisenstein | S. Eisenstein | Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein | Sergei Eisenstein | Sergei EizenshteinHeight:
5' 7" (1.7 m)
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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:
Was made head of the cinematographic section of the History and Art Institute at the Soviet Union Science Academy in June 1947. 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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