Battleship Potemkin / The Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin / The Battleship Potemkin

4 December

20:00

1925

Sergei Eisenstein

1 hour 15 minutes

With English subtitles

ABOUT THE FILM:

June 1905. Sailors of one of the Black Sea Fleet's battleships mutinied because they were trying to feed them with wormy meat. The instigators of the mutiny are sentenced to execution. However, during the execution, the other sailors rush to their aid and raise the mutiny.

#54 in the list of the best films of all time according to the British Film Institute,

The film was made a hundred years ago, but it is still relevant today.

A vivid example of avant-garde editing, what Eisenstein himself called "montage attractions".

After watching the film, over a cup of tea, we will discuss the film in English and share our impressions.