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Panssarilaiva Potemkin

Original title: Bronenosets Potemkin
  • 19251925
  • K-12K-12
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
57K
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  • Cast & crew
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Panssarilaiva 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.

IMDb RATING
8.0/10
57K
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  • Director
    • Sergei Eisenstein
  • Writers
    • Nina Agadzhanova(script by)
    • Sergei Eisenstein(re-writes)
    • Grigoriy Aleksandrov(re-writes)
  • Stars
    • Aleksandr Antonov
    • Vladimir Barskiy
    • Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sergei Eisenstein
  • Writers
    • Nina Agadzhanova(script by)
    • Sergei Eisenstein(re-writes)
    • Grigoriy Aleksandrov(re-writes)
  • Stars
    • Aleksandr Antonov
    • Vladimir Barskiy
    • Grigoriy Aleksandrov
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    • 232User reviews
    • 98Critic reviews
    • 97Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

    Videos1

    Battleship Potemkin
    Trailer 1:33
    Battleship Potemkin

    Photos157

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    Nina Poltavtseva in Panssarilaiva Potemkin (1925)
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    Aleksandr Antonov in Panssarilaiva Potemkin (1925)
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    Alexander Rodchenko in Panssarilaiva Potemkin (1925)

    Top cast

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    Aleksandr Antonov
    Aleksandr Antonov
    • Grigory Vakulinchukas Grigory Vakulinchuk
    Vladimir Barskiy
    Vladimir Barskiy
    • Commander Golikovas Commander Golikov
    Grigoriy Aleksandrov
    Grigoriy Aleksandrov
    • Chief Officer Giliarovskyas Chief Officer Giliarovsky
    Ivan Bobrov
    Ivan Bobrov
    • Young Sailor Flogged While Sleepingas Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
    Mikhail Gomorov
    • Militant Sailoras Militant Sailor
    Aleksandr Levshin
    • Petty Officeras Petty Officer
    Nina Poltavtseva
    Nina Poltavtseva
    • Woman With Pince-nezas Woman With Pince-nez
    • (as N. Poltavtseva)
    Konstantin Feldman
    • Student Agitatoras Student Agitator
    Prokhorenko
    Prokhorenko
    • Mother Carrying Wounded Boyas Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
    A. Glauberman
    A. Glauberman
    • Wounded Boyas Wounded Boy
    Beatrice Vitoldi
    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 Eisenstein
    Sergei Eisenstein
    • Odessa Citizenas Odessa Citizen
    • (as Sergei M. Eisenstein)
    Andrey Fayt
    Andrey Fayt
    • Recruitas Recruit
    • (as A. Fait)
    Korobey
    • Legless Veteranas Legless Veteran
    Marusov
    • Officeras Officer
    • Director
      • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Writers
      • Nina Agadzhanova(script by)
      • Sergei Eisenstein(re-writes) (uncredited)
      • Grigoriy Aleksandrov(re-writes) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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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>
    • imperial russian navy
    • 1905 russian revolution
    • year 1905
    • naval uniform
    • brutality
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • History
      • Thriller
      • War
    • Certificate
      • K-12
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • 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 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 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)

    User reviews232

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    This is a cinematic masterpiece, way ahead of its time.
    There are only a handful of movies that were made on such a grand scale and made such a difference in the art of movie making.

    "Bronenosets Potyomkin" is one of these movies, and it should be on anyone's list looking to learn more about the history of cinema.

    Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein directed this groundbreaking film that documents the horrors taking place on a Russian battleship. When the sailors finally retaliate against their superiors, the locals embrace the them, and support them. Things get ugly when a group of soldiers are sent to the small town to take care of business. What follows is one of the most imitated scenes in the history of cinema. Anyone who has seen "The Untouchables", and "Bronenosets Potyomkin" knows exactly what I mean.

    Overall I think this movie raised the bar for film making just as "Intolerance" did a few years earlier. If you do not mind silent films, do yourself a favor, and see "Bronenosets Potyomkin".

    If you don't like silent films..... watch "Bronenosets Potyomkin" anyway.
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    • korch-3
    • Dec 10, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 4, 1952 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pansarkryssaren Potemkin
    • Filming locations
      • Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
    • Production company
      • Mosfilm
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $51,198
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,641
      • Jan 16, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $61,389
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.25 : 1

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