The Battleship Potemkin

Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, 1925, silent, bw (8.7*) Everyone who loves cinema should see at least one Potemkin film, this is his masterpiece. It tells the story of a battleship revolt that became a revolutionary movement in pre-Bolshevik czarist Russia. Terrific camerwork, epic recreation of a historical event, astounding movie-making for the time. Potemkin is also noted for actually caused more deaths filming the "storming of the Odessa steps" sequence than the real event in 1917!

One of our first World Film Awards, as we started with 15 silent films.