Sergei Eisenstein
Birthday: 1898-01-23
Place of Birth: Riga, Russian Empire
Biography: 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). His work profoundly influenced early filmmakers owing to his innovative use of and writings about montage.
Movies
Glumov's Diary
Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage...
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The Storming of La Sarraz
A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema....
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TsOKS in Alma-Ata
In August 1941, two largest Soviet film studios Mosfilm and Lenfilm were evacuated to Alma-Ata, Kaza...
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An Appeal to the Jews of the World
In 1941, a group of the Soviet Union's most prominent Jewish writers and artists, including Solomon ...
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The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
Eisenstein is celebrated either as the last Leonardo da Vinci of modernity or attacked as Faustus, F...
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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become ...
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We're switching to Hollywood
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who ...
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Battleship Potemkin
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing s...
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Sergei/Sir Gay
As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs...
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Island of the Dead
The Island of the Dead is a film about the demise of the Russian Epocha Modern. The symbol of this c...
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Every Day
Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences ...
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Sergei Eisenstein
Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein....
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Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
A free film adaptation of the director's memoirs. In form, this is the "stream of consciousness" tha...
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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fa...
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Eisenstein en México
Inspired by the social changes that the Revolution brought to our country and the admiration he felt...
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Eisenstein in Mexico
The story of Russian director Sergei M. Eisenstein in Mexico trying to film his unfinished ¡Que Viva...
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To the Jews of the Whole World!
On August 24, 1941, a meeting of “representatives of the Jewish people” was convened....
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Eisenstein: The Master's House
A documentary biography of Russia's greatest filmmaker....
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The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
What could have happened – what should have happened – if two giants in film history, like Greta Gar...
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The Magic Beam
“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from differe...
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Zapotec Village
Never completed by famed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, the footage for his proposed feature QU...
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Mexico Marches
Never completed by famed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, the footage for his proposed feature QU...
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Land and Freedom
Never completed by famed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, the footage for his proposed feature QU...
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Spaniard and Indian
Never completed by famed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, the footage for his proposed feature QU...
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The Conquering Cross
Never completed by famed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, the footage for his proposed feature QU...
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Idol of Hope
Never completed by famed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, the footage for his proposed feature QU...
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