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Battleship Potemkin

Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin)

1925

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov ...

8.0

29,060

Drama. War The Battleship Potemkin has just returned from the war with Japan, its crew near mutiny because of brutal treatment and bad rations. When they're served maggot-infested meat one morning, the sailors finally rebel. One of the sailors, Vakulinchuk (Aleksandr Antonov), dissuades the officers from firing upon the mutineers, and they join the rest of the crew in revolt. Hearing of the mutiny, the people of Odessa send supplies to express ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Eisenstein felt that montage should proceed from rhythm, not story (...) 'Potemkin' doesn't really stand alone, but depends for its power upon the social situation in which it is shown (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"A revolutionary film in form, in political purpose and in subject matter (...) Its virtuoso technique remains dazzling and is at the service of a revolutionary fervour we can still experience."	POS
United States	Don Druker Chicago Reader	"If you've heard something about 'montage' (...) this is the work that defines it (...) Its appearance in 1925 shook the film world, and many filmmakers still haven't recovered."	POS
United Kingdom	Wally Hammond Time Out	"Exciting, dynamic and immediate (...) Few films rival its ability to capture the danger, drama, uncertainty and energy of civil war (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"If you only ever see one silent film, this is the one it should be. A masterpiece (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"'Potemkin' was made a mere 20 years after the historical incident it's based on, and the mood of that day still feels immediate and raw"	POS
United Kingdom	Nick Hilditch BBC	"If you are at all interested in the history of cinema, or the influence of 20th century politics on the medium, then this film is a must-see (...) [A] triumph of tempo over plot (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The 1925 masterpiece is a thrilling jolt of virtuoso filmmaking (...) It's a shock to remember that this is a silent film that's more than 85 years old"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A classic among motion pictures and one of the boldest films ever screened"	POS
United States	Slant	"The crowds in 'Battleship Potemkin' aren’t just gatherings of people or flimsy socialist symbols, they’re living things, engaged in continuous progressions of growth and movement (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ciara Wardlow Film School Rejects	"[Eisenstein] was not just one of the era’s greatest filmmakers, but greatest theorists (...) [Potemkin] is easily his most effective film."	POS

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