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.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battleship Potemkin canonical | 6 |
| Battleship Potemkin (1926 German release score) | 1 |
| Battleship Potemkin (script) | 1 |
| Potemkin | 1 |
| Potemkin mutiny | 1 |
| battleship Potemkin | 1 |
| film "Battleship Potemkin" | 1 |
| mutiny on battleship Potemkin | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Potemkin mutiny
this entity surface form:
Potemkin
this entity surface form:
mutiny on battleship Potemkin
this entity surface form:
film "Battleship Potemkin"
this entity surface form:
battleship Potemkin
this entity surface form:
Battleship Potemkin (script)
this entity surface form:
Battleship Potemkin (1926 German release score)
subject surface form:
Silent film