
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 15min
- Drama, History
- 24 Dec 1925 (Soviet Union)
- Movie
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.
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Cast
Aleksandr Antonov | ... |
Grigory Vakulinchuk
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Vladimir Barskiy | ... |
Commander Golikov
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Grigoriy Aleksandrov | ... |
Chief Officer Giliarovsky
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Ivan Bobrov | ... |
Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
(as I. Bobrov)
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Mikhail Gomorov | ... |
Militant Sailor
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Aleksandr Levshin | ... |
Petty Officer
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Nina Poltavtseva | ... |
Woman With Pince-nez
(as N. Poltavtseva)
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Konstantin Feldman | ... |
Student Agitator
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Prokhorenko | ... |
Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
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A. Glauberman | ... |
Wounded Boy
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Beatrice Vitoldi | ... |
Woman With Baby Carriage
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Daniil Antonovich | ... |
Sailor
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Iona Biy-Brodskiy | ... |
Student
(as Brodsky)
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Julia Eisenstein | ... |
Woman with Food for Sailors
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Sergei Eisenstein | ... |
Odessa Citizen
(as Sergei M. Eisenstein)
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Andrey Fayt | ... |
Recruit
(as A. Fait)
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Korobey | ... |
Legless Veteran
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Marusov | ... |
Officer
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Protopopov | ... |
Old Man
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Repnikova | ... |
Woman on the Steps
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Vladimir Uralskiy |
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Zerenin | ... |
Student
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Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo | ... |
Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sergei Eisenstein | ... | (as S.M. Eisenstein) |
Written by
Nina Agadzhanova | ... | (script by) (as N. F. Agadzhanovoy-Shutko) |
Sergei Eisenstein | ... | (re-writes) (uncredited) |
Grigoriy Aleksandrov | ... | (re-writes) (uncredited) |
Nikolay Aseev | ... | (intertitles) (uncredited) |
Sergey Tretyakov | ... | (intertitles) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Yakov Bliokh | ... | producer (as YA. M. Bliokh) |
Music by
Eric Allaman | ... | (1986) |
The Berklee Silent Film Orchestra | ... | (2011) |
Del Rey & The Sun Kings | ... | (2007) |
Yati Durant | ||
Chris Jarrett | ... | (1985) |
Nikolai Kryukov | ... | (1950) |
Chris Lowe | ||
Edmund Meisel | ... | (Berlin premiere) (as Meisel) |
Dmitri Shostakovich | ... | (1975) |
Neil Tennant |
Cinematography by
Eduard Tisse | ... | lead cinematographer |
Vladimir Popov | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
Grigoriy Aleksandrov | ... | (uncredited) (re-issue) |
Sergei Eisenstein | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Sala Deinema | ... | work print editor: Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin |
Ron Heidt | ... | title editor |
Erika Schmidt | ... | negative cutter: Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin |
Gerhard Ullmann | ... | colorization |
Jay Leyda | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Vasiliy Rakhals | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
Brian Shirey | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Grigoriy Aleksandrov | ... | assistant director (as G. Aleksandrov) |
Art Department
Sergey Datskevich | ... | poster artist: 1963 |
Anton Lavinsky | ... | poster artist |
Alexander Rodchenko | ... | poster artist |
Georgii Stenberg | ... | poster artist |
Lidiya Stenberg | ... | poster artist: 1935 |
Vladimir Stenberg | ... | poster artist |
Sound Department
Evgeniy Kashkevich | ... | sound recordist (1950 re-issue) |
Music Department
Jackson Del Rey | ... | music producer / musician: guitar, synthesizer |
Helmut Imig | ... | conductor: Deutsches Filmorchestra Babelsberg / instrumentation: Edmund Meisel's 1926 score / music adaptor: Edmund Meisel's 1926 score |
Jacquie James | ... | backing vocalist |
Meg Maryatt | ... | musician: piano solo |
Max O'Leary | ... | musician: trumpet |
Club Foot Orchestra | ... | performers |
Jean Sudbury | ... | musician: violin |
Additional Crew
Aleksandr Antonov | ... | assistant to director (as A. Antonov) |
Anna Bohn | ... | reconstruction collaborator |
Mikhail Gomorov | ... | assistant to director (as M. Gomorov) |
S. Kazakov | ... | supervisor (1950 reissue) |
A. Kotoshev | ... | administrator |
A.P. Kryukov | ... | administrator |
Aleksandr Levshin | ... | assistant to director (as A. Levshin) |
Enno Patalas | ... | reconstruction director |
Maksim Shtraukh | ... | assistant to director (as M. Shtraukh) |
Bret Wood | ... | title designer |
Sergei Yutkevich | ... | artistic director: in 1976 redaction |
Herzl Effensachs | ... | director: marine sequences (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Goskino (1925) (Soviet Union) (theatrical)
- Amkino Corporation (1926) (United States) (theatrical)
- Prometheus-Film-Verleih und Vertriebs-GmbH (1926) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Artkino Pictures (1940) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Sovexportfilm (1950) (World-wide) (theatrical) (Restoration and New soundtrack by N. Kryuov)
- Kosmos-Filmi (1952) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Astra (1954) (Norway) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Gala Film Distributors (1954) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Cinelatina (1960) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1965) (Finland) (tv)
- Kosmos-Filmi (1969) (Finland) (theatrical) (re-release)
- ActionFilm (1971) (Norway) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Kosmos-Filmi (1978) (Finland) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1978) (Finland) (tv)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1984) (France) (tv)
- Alta Films (1988) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (1991) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- Barium Video (1994) (Finland) (VHS)
- Velissarios (1995) (Greece) (VHS) (sell through)
- Icestorm Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- International Visual Corporation (IVC) (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2004) (United States) (VHS)
- General Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
- SBP (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
- SBP (2005) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
- Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (2006) (Czechia) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Films sans Frontières (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
- Kino International (2007) (World-wide)
- Kino Video (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2007) (United States)
- Atlantic Film Norge (2009) (Norway) (DVD)
- Atlantic Film (2009) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (Blu-ray)
- Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Palisades Tartan (2009) (United Kingdom)
- Kino Video (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- BFI Video (2012) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Films sans Frontières (2014) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Edition Filmmuseum (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Leopardo Filmes (2016) (Portugal)
- ARTE (2017) (France) (tv)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Icestorm Entertainment (2020) (Germany) (DVD)
- Kinovideoobedinenie "Krupniy Plan" (Russia) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- German Federal Cultural Foundation (project development) (2007 alternate version)
- Deutsche Kinemathek für Film und Fernsehen (producer) (2007 alternate version)
- Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (with the support of) (2007 alternate version)
- British Film Institute (BFI) (with the support of) (2007 alternate version)
- Filmmuseum Berlin (with the support of) (2007 alternate version)
- Gosfilmofond of Russia, Moscow (with the support of) (2007 alternate version)
- Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (negative duplication) (2007 alternate version)
- Moser Rosié (title work) (2007 alternate version)
- Taunus Film, Wiesberg (processing laboratory) (2007 alternate version)
- Ries & Erler (music: Edmund Meisel's 1926 score courtesy of) (2007 alternate version)
- Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (music adaptation commissioned by) (2007 alternate version)
- Filmmuseum Berlin (music adaptation commissioned by) (2007 alternate version)
- Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg (music performed by) (2007 alternate version)
- Kino International (titles: English) (2007 alternate version)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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.
Written by Konstantin Dlutskii |
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Taglines | Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
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. See more » |
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. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Seeds of Freedom (1943). See more » |
Quotes |
Sailor:
Shoulder to shoulder. The land is ours. Tomorrow is ours. See more » |