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Battleship Potemkin (1925)

NR ★ 7.6/10 75 min Drama, History, War Soviet Union Russian
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Writers: Sergei Tretyakov, Nina Agadzhanova, Sergei Eisenstein, Nikolay Aseev, Grigori Aleksandrov
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Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.

Description

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.

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Top Cast

Aleksandr Antonov
Aleksandr Antonov Grigory Vakulinchuk
Vladimir Barsky
Vladimir Barsky Commander Golikov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Ivan Bobrov
Ivan Bobrov Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
Mikhail Gomorov Militant Sailor
Aleksandr Levshin Petty Officer
Nina Poltavtseva Woman with Pince-nez
Konstantin Feldman Student Agitator

Battleship Potemkin Appears on 21 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #973
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #51
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #048
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #31
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #55

Critic Curated

Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #31
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #24
Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See
Collider #13
Paste Magazines 75 Best Films Of The 1920s
Paste Magazine #66
Paste Magazines The 100 Best Silent Films
Paste Magazine #81
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #38
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #208
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #73
The Guardians 25 Best Arthouse Films Of All Time
The Guardian #18
The Observers Top 100 Film Moments 2
The Observer #51
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #244

Fun Lists

"All Movies Referenced In Every 'Treehouse of Horror' by The Simpsons"
Letterboxd #88

Genre Curation

A Great Action Film For Every Year 1924 To
British Film Institute #002

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 highest-rated 1920-1929 films
Letterboxd #25
Showdown Boat Life
Letterboxd Showdown #16

Movements

Soviet Montage
CinemaWaves Blog #01

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