The film is based on actual events that occurred at the port of Odessa in 1905.The crew of Battleship Potemkin mutinied after being served rotten foodyet again. At the time, there was growing opposition to Imperialist rule and a mini-revolution was soon underway. The revolt was harshly put down by government troops with the shooting of civilians - including women and children, on the Odessa Steps. The climax of the film which is celebrated as a classic in film noir is one of the most influential in the history of cinema.
Cast: Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Vladimir Barsky
Crew: Sergei M Eisenstein (Director), Eduard Tisse (Director of Photography), Edmund Meisel (Music Director), Neil Tennant (Music Director), Nikolai Kryukov (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Release Dates: 29 Apr 1926 (Germany)
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as Grigory Vakulinchuk
Actor
as Commander Golikov
as Wounded Boy
as Petty Officer
Supporting Actor
as Woman With Baby Carriage
as Sailor
as Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
as Militant Sailor
as Woman With Pince-nez
as Odessa Citizen
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Silent
Spoken Languages:
Russian
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Silent
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Stereoscopy:
No
Filming Locations:
Goofs:
Continuity
During the Odessa Steps sequence as the mother walks with her son towards the oncoming troops, a long shot shows as she approaches, the soldiers halt one flight of stairs above the one she is on. In the next shot, however, the soldiers are marching down another flight of stairs as if they are going to walk right past her. Then in the next scene they have stopped again and are on the same flight of stairs as if they hadn't moved at all.
Continuity
In the firing squad scene, just before the mutiny, the ship's priest taps a crucifix upon his right hand, holding it in his left. As the shot cuts to a close-up of the cross, it instantly switches hands.
Revealing Mistakes
Vakulinchuk is breathing slightly as his body lies in state.
During the Odessa Steps sequence as the mother walks with her son towards the oncoming troops, a long shot shows as she approaches, the soldiers halt one flight of stairs above the one she is on. In the next shot, however, the soldiers are marching down another flight of stairs as if they are going to walk right past her. Then in the next scene they have stopped again and are on the same flight of stairs as if they hadn't moved at all.
Continuity
In the firing squad scene, just before the mutiny, the ship's priest taps a crucifix upon his right hand, holding it in his left. As the shot cuts to a close-up of the cross, it instantly switches hands.
Revealing Mistakes
Vakulinchuk is breathing slightly as his body lies in state.
Trivia:
This is Charlie Chaplin's favorite film.
After the crew mutinies, the flag seen flying on the ship was white, which is the color of the tsars, but this was done so that it could be hand-painted red on the celluloid, which is the color of communism. Since this is a black-and-white film, if the flag had been red it would have shown up black in the film.
The battleship used for filming was not the "Knyaz Potyomkin-Tavricheskiy", but an older battleship called "Dvenadstat Apostolov" (The Twelve Apostles), as the original battleship 'Potyomkin' had been broken up in 1922.
This film was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.
In 2012, the British Film Institute named this movie the eleventh greatest film of all time.
After the crew mutinies, the flag seen flying on the ship was white, which is the color of the tsars, but this was done so that it could be hand-painted red on the celluloid, which is the color of communism. Since this is a black-and-white film, if the flag had been red it would have shown up black in the film.
The battleship used for filming was not the "Knyaz Potyomkin-Tavricheskiy", but an older battleship called "Dvenadstat Apostolov" (The Twelve Apostles), as the original battleship 'Potyomkin' had been broken up in 1922.
This film was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.
In 2012, the British Film Institute named this movie the eleventh greatest film of all time.
