Battleship Potemkin

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Battleship Potemkin is a landmark 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, renowned for its innovative montage editing and its influential depiction of the 1905 mutiny aboard a Russian battleship.

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instanceOf Soviet film ⓘ
film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
bannedIn France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
basedOn 1905 mutiny on the Russian battleship Potemkin ⓘ
character Grigory Vakulinchuk ⓘ
cinematographyBy Eduard Tisse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed as one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
depicts 1905 Russian Revolution events ⓘ
mutiny aboard a Russian battleship ⓘ
director Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ
distributor Goskino ⓘ
famousImage baby carriage on the Odessa Steps ⓘ
famousScene Potemkin Stairs ⓘ
surface form: Odessa Steps sequence
filmMovement Soviet montage school ⓘ
surface form: Soviet montage cinema
filmTechnique montage editing ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
propaganda film ⓘ
hasColor black and white ⓘ
historicalContext prelude to the 1917 Russian Revolution ⓘ
includedIn Memory of the World International Register ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Memory of the World Register
influenced Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
Brian De Palma ⓘ
Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
leadActor Alexander Antonov ⓘ
surface form: Aleksandr Antonov
listedIn Sight & Sound critics' poll ⓘ
surface form: Sight & Sound greatest films polls

Vatican list of important films ⓘ
musicBy Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
Edmund Meisel ⓘ
notableFor influential film editing techniques ⓘ
innovative use of montage ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
premiereLocation Moscow ⓘ
productionCompany Goskino ⓘ
reasonForBan perceived as revolutionary propaganda ⓘ
releaseDate 1925-12-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1925 ⓘ
restored multiple restored versions with different scores ⓘ
runningTime approximately 75 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Nina Agadzhanova ⓘ
Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ
setting Black Sea ⓘ
Odesa ⓘ
surface form: Odessa
sound silent with musical accompaniment ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1905 ⓘ

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1905 Russian Revolution → hasPart → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
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Soviet montage school → notableWork → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy → notableShip → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potemkin
Imperial Russian Navy → significantEvent → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: mutiny on battleship Potemkin
Potemkin Stairs → featuredIn → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Battleship Potemkin"
Potemkin Stairs → namedAfter → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: battleship Potemkin
Grigori Aleksandrov → workedOn → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
Nina Agadzhanova → workedOn → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battleship Potemkin (script)
Eduard Tisse → notableWork → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
Edmund Meisel → workedOn → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battleship Potemkin (1926 German release score)
Silent → notableWork → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ
subject surface form: Silent film
Soviet film industry → notableFilm → Battleship Potemkin ⓘ