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 ... See full bio »

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 1979 Que Viva Mexico (Documentary)
 1958 Eisenstein's Mexican Project (Documentary)
 1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I (as Sergei Eisenstein)
 1941 Idol of Hope
 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)
 1931 La destrucción de Oaxaca (Documentary short)
 1930 Sentimental Romance (Short) (as S. M. Eisenstein)
 1930 Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (Documentary) (uncredited)
 1929 Old and New
 1927 October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (as S. M. Eisenstein)
 1925 Battleship Potemkin (as S.M. Eisenstein)
 1925 Strike (as S. Eisenstein)
 1923 Dnevnik Glumova (Short)
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Other Works:

Book: "Film Essays" 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 Eyzenshteyn

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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.

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He once praised Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) as the single greatest film ever made. See more »

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Often uses non-professional actors See more »

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Aquarius
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