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Sergei Eisenstein was born on 22 January [O.S.10 January] 1898 in Riga, in the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire(present-day Latvia),[3][4]to a middle-class family. His family moved frequently in his early years, as Eisenstein continued to do throughout his life. His father, the architect Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein, was born ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director and theorist whose work includes the three classic movies Battleship Potemkin (1925), Alexander Nevsky (1939), and Ivan the Terrible (released in two parts, 1944 and 1958). In his concept of film montage, images are presented for maximum psychological impact.
Eisenstein divided his film about a mutiny on a ship of the Tsarist fleet in 1905 into five acts—just like a classical tragedy. He had not only created a most...
In 1948, just after his 50th birthday, Sergei Eisenstein died of a heart attack in Moscow, Russia. Having lived a prolific life, Eisenstein has inspired individuals around the world and left a lasting legacy as the creator of montage.
Sergei Eisenstein. Director: Ivan the Terrible, Part I. The son of an affluent architect, Eisenstein attended the Institute of Civil Engineering in Petrograd as a young man. With the fall of the tsar in 1917, he worked as an engineer for the Red Army.
Jan 28, 2013 · Sergei Eisenstein (Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein, b. Riga, Latvia, 1898–d. Moscow, 1948) remains one of the most celebrated filmmakers and theorists in the history of cinema.
May 17, 2024 · Battleship Potemkin, Soviet silent film, released in 1925, that was director Sergey M. Eisenstein’s tribute to the early Russian revolutionaries and is widely regarded as a masterpiece of international cinema. The film is based on the mutiny of Russian sailors against their tyrannical superiors.
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage." He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1927), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958).
Battleship Potemkin: Directed by Sergei Eisenstein. With Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov. In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers.
Sergei Eisenstein. Director: Ivan the Terrible, Part I. The son of an affluent architect, Eisenstein attended the Institute of Civil Engineering in Petrograd as a young man. With the fall of the tsar in 1917, he worked as an engineer for the Red Army.
