Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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75 min - Drama | History | War - 24 December 1925 (Soviet Union)

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A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Aleksandr Antonov	...	Grigory Vakulinchuk - Bolshevik Sailor
	Vladimir Barsky	...	Commander Golikov
	Grigori Aleksandrov	...	Chief Officer Giliarovsky
	Ivan Bobrov	...	Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping (as I. Bobrov)
	Mikhail Gomorov	...	Militant Sailor
	Aleksandr Levshin	...	Petty Officer
	N. Poltavtseva	...	Woman With Pince-nez
	Konstantin Feldman	...	Student Agitator
	Prokopenko	...	Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
	A. Glauberman	...	Wounded Boy
	Beatrice Vitoldi	...	Woman With Baby Carriage
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Brodsky	...	Student
	Julia Eisenstein	...	Woman with Food for Sailors
	Sergei M. Eisenstein	...	Odessa Citizen
	Andrei Fajt	...	Recruit (as A. Fait)

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Storyline

Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa. Written by Konstantin Dlutskii <ked@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>

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Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian (intertitles)

Release Date:

24 December 1925 (Soviet Union) See more »

Also Known As:

El acorazado Potemkin See more »

Filming Locations:

Alupka, Crimea, Ukraine See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$50,970 (USA) (15 January 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Goskino See more »

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Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.25 : 1

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Trivia

The famous Odessa steps sequence was not originally in the script, but was devised during production. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the firing squad scene, just before the mutiny, the ship's priest taps a crucifix upon his right hand, holding it in his left. As the shot cuts to a close-up of the cross, it instantly switches hands. See more »

Connections

Featured in CinéMagique (2002) See more »

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Bronenosets Potyomkin (original title)

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