Battleship Potemkin

For the battleship, see Russian battleship Potemkin. For the album, see Battleship Potemkin (album). For the poster, see Battleship Potemkin (poster).

Battleship Potemkin
Original Soviet release poster
Бронено́сец «Потёмкин»
Directed bySergei Eisenstein
Written by
Produced byJacob Bliokh
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music byEdmund Meisel
Production
company
Distributed byGoskino
Release date
  • 21 December 1925 (1925-12-21)
Running time
74 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
Languages

Battleship Potemkin (Russian: Броненосец «Потёмкин», romanized: Bronenosets «Potyomkin», [brənʲɪˈnosʲɪts pɐˈtʲɵmkʲɪn]), sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 Soviet silent epic film produced by Mosfilm.[1] Directed and co-written by Sergei Eisenstein, it presents a dramatization of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers.

In 1958, the film was voted on Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. Battleship Potemkin is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time.[2][3][4] In the most recent Sight and Sound critics' poll in 2022, it was voted the fifty-fourth-greatest film of all time, and it had been placed in the top 10 in many previous editions.[5]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  2. ^ Snider, Eric (23 November 2010). "What's the Big Deal?: Battleship Potemkin (1925)". MTV News. MTV. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ Ebert, Roger. "Battleship Potemkin". Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Top Films of All-Time". Filmsite. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The Greatest Films of All Time". British Film Institute. Sight & Sound. December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.