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Dramatization of the rebellion of the sailors on the Russian ship Potemkin in 1905, viewed as a forerunner of the Russian Revolution.
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The mutiny by a battleship's crew and the subsequent massacre of civilians reflect the spirit of the times that would lead to the Russian Revolution. Based on the unsuccessful 1905 Russian Revolution, Sergei Eisenstein's masterpiece Battleship Potemkin, with its massacre on the Odessa Steps sequence one of the most famous in film history, is often voted one of the ten greatest films ever made. This program includes a powerful musical score by N. Kruikov. (1925), BW/C, 69min., NR, Kino on Video.
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