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Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Director 20 / Writer 15 / Actor 9 · 1923 – 1998 · 🎬 44 📖 1 · 🇷🇺 Russia

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1945/1958). In its decennial poll, the magazine Sight and Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 54th-greatest film of all time.

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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

director

1998

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

actor

1998

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

writer

1998

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

actor

1996

¡Qué Viva México!

¡Qué Viva México!

writer

1979

¡Qué Viva México!

¡Qué Viva México!

director

1979

Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword

Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword

actor

1978

Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum

Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum

actor

1978

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

writer

1968

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

director

1968

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

writer

1958

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

director

1958

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

actor

1958

Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

director

1955

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

director

1944

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

writer

1944

Our Cinema

Our Cinema

actor

1940

Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

writer

1938

Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

director

1938

Death Day

Death Day

director

1934

Eisenstein in Mexico

Eisenstein in Mexico

actor

1933

Eisenstein in Mexico

Eisenstein in Mexico

director

1933

Thunder Over Mexico

Thunder Over Mexico

director

1933

Hurray Mexico!

Hurray Mexico!

director

1932

Sentimental Romance

Sentimental Romance

director

1931

Sentimental Romance

Sentimental Romance

writer

1931

The Disaster in Oaxaca

The Disaster in Oaxaca

writer

1931

The Disaster in Oaxaca

The Disaster in Oaxaca

director

1931

The General Line

The General Line

writer

1929

The General Line

The General Line

director

1929

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

director

1928

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

writer

1928

Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

actor

1925

Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

director

1925

Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

writer

1925

Strike

Strike

director

1925

Strike

Strike

writer

1925

Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary

actor

1923

Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary

writer

1923

Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary

director

1923

Das Kapital

Das Kapital

director

🎬

Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner

writer

🎬

Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner

director

Das Kapital

Das Kapital

writer

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