Battleship Potemkin

Original title: Bronenosets Potemkin

19251925
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 6min

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre.

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In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration ... Read allIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Director
- Sergei M. Eisenstein
Writers
- Nina Agadzhanova(script by)
- Sergei M. Eisenstein(re-writes)
- Grigoriy Aleksandrov(re-writes)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win

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Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

A. Glauberman and Prokhorenko in Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Nina Poltavtseva in Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Aleksandr Antonov in Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Alexander Rodchenko in Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)

Aleksandr Antonov

Grigory Vakulinchukas Grigory Vakulinchuk

Vladimir Barskiy

Commander Golikovas Commander Golikov

Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Chief Officer Giliarovskyas Chief Officer Giliarovsky

Young Sailor Flogged While Sleepingas Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping

Mikhail Gomorov

Militant Sailoras Militant Sailor

Aleksandr Levshin

Petty Officeras Petty Officer

Nina Poltavtseva

Woman With Pince-nezas Woman With Pince-nez
(as N. Poltavtseva)

Konstantin Feldman

Student Agitatoras Student Agitator

Mother Carrying Wounded Boyas Mother Carrying Wounded Boy

Wounded Boyas Wounded Boy

Beatrice Vitoldi

Woman With Baby Carriageas Woman With Baby Carriage

Daniil Antonovich

Sailoras Sailor

Iona Biy-Brodskiy

Studentas Student
(as Brodsky)

Julia Eisenstein

Woman with Food for Sailorsas Woman with Food for Sailors

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Odessa Citizenas Odessa Citizen

Recruitas Recruit
(as A. Fait)

Legless Veteranas Legless Veteran

Officeras Officer

Director
- Sergei M. Eisenstein
Writers
- Nina Agadzhanova(script by)
- Sergei M. Eisenstein(re-writes) (uncredited)
- Grigoriy Aleksandrov(re-writes) (uncredited)
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Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa. —Konstantin Dlutskii <ked@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>

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Taglines
- Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
The flag seen flying on the ship after the crew had mutinied is white, which is the color of the tsars, but this was done so that it could be hand-painted red (the color of communism) on the celluloid. Since this is a black-and-white film, if the flag had been red it would have shown as black in the film. The flag was hand-tinted red for 108 frames by director Sergei M. Eisenstein for the film's premier.

Goofs
In the Imperial squadron near the end of the film, there are close-ups of triple gun turrets of Gangut-class dreadnought. It possibly was made this way to show the power of Imperial fleet, but battleships of 1905 were much smaller pre-dreadnoughts, with twin turrets only, just like "Potemkin". "Ganguts" entered service in 1914.

Quotes
Sailor: Shoulder to shoulder. The land is ours. Tomorrow is ours.

Alternate versions
Sergei M. Eisenstein's premiere version opened with an unattributed quote from Leon Trotsky's "1905": The spirit of mutiny swept the land. A tremendous, mysterious process was taking place in countless hearts: the individual personality became dissolved in the mass, and the mass itself became dissolved in the revolutionary impetus. This quote was removed by Soviet censors in 1934, and replaced by a quotation from V.I. Lenin's "Revolutionary Days": Revolution is war. Of all the wars known in history, it is the only lawful, rightful, just and truly great war...In Russia this war has been declared and won. The original text was restored in 2004.

Connections
Edited into Seeds of Freedom (1943)

Top review

A great film for a certain audience

This film is amazing with great editing work. The only major issues related to this film is that many people do not understand the true meaning of this masterpiece. The only audience that can understand it's message, are people related to the film industry or people from the former Soviet Union. Some viewers wondered why this movie is great when it is full of people who aren't as pretty as you see in modern movies, and does not have any shocking special effects or even voices. It is the film's message that should be interpreted, and not the obvious images of people dying.The message is about freedom and fairness, and only the ones who will "get it", will enjoy this film as it was supposed to be seen.

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Release date
- December 24, 1925 (Soviet Union)
Country of origin
- Soviet Union
Languages
- None
- Russian
Also known as
- Potemkin
Filming locations
- Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
Production companies
- Goskino
- Mosfilm
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Gross US & Canada
- $51,198
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,641
- Jan 16, 2011
Gross worldwide
- $61,389

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Runtime
- 1h 6min
Color
- Black and White
Sound mix
- Silent
Aspect ratio
- 1.25 : 1

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