Sergei Eisenstein Movies

  • 1925
    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

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    A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The...

    Battleship Potemkin
  • 1958
    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    7.3331958HD

    This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the...

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
  • 1938
    Alexander Nevsky

    Alexander Nevsky

    Alexander Nevsky

    7.11938HD

    When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take...

    Alexander Nevsky
  • 1928
    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    6.91928HD

    Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet...

    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
  • 1925
    Strike

    Strike

    Strike

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    Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

    Strike
  • 1944
    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    7.31944HD

    Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian...

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I
  • 1979
    ¡Qué Viva México!

    ¡Qué Viva México!

    ¡Qué Viva México!

    6.81979HD

    Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.

    ¡Qué Viva México!
  • 1929
    The General Line

    The General Line

    The General Line

    6.51929HD

    Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian...

    The General Line
  • 1923
    Glumov's Diary

    Glumov's Diary

    Glumov's Diary

    51923HD

    Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa...

    Glumov's Diary
  • 1932
    Hurray Mexico!

    Hurray Mexico!

    Hurray Mexico!

    6.81932HD

    Unedited film that Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov and Eduard Tisse shot in Mexico 1931-32. This record only represents the 200,000-plus feet...

    Hurray Mexico!
  • 1968
    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

    5.91968HD

    Bezhin Lug (Bezhin Meadow) was to be a Soviet film about a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by...

    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
  • 1940
    Our Cinema

    Our Cinema

    Our Cinema

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    Our Cinema
  • 1955
    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

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    "Eisenstein journeyed to Mexico in late 1930 to begin shooting a film. With backing provided by Upton and Mary Craig Sinclair, the great Soviet...

    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
  • 1931
    Sentimental Romance

    Sentimental Romance

    Sentimental Romance

    6.81931HD

    Romance sentimentale is a 1930 French film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei M. Eisenstein. A short, experimental, slightly poetic montage...

    Sentimental Romance
  • 1930
    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    6.51930HD

    This film shows contrasting views of women with problematic pregnancies and the outcomes resulting when they seek out a back-alley abortionist, a...

    Misery and Fortune of Woman
  • 1931
    We're switching to Hollywood

    We're switching to Hollywood

    We're switching to Hollywood

    4.81931HD

    A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak...

    We're switching to Hollywood
  • 2010
    Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930

    Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930

    Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930

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    Thematic anthology of : Le retour a la Maison (1923) by Man Ray; Emak-Bakia (1926) by Man Ray; L'Etoile de Mer (1928) by Man Ray; Les Mysteres Du...

    Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
  • 1998
    Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

    Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

    Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

    6.81998HD

    Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become ¡Que viva México!, but was not able...

    Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
  • 2017
    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    4.72017HD

    As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the...

    Sergei/Sir Gay
  • 1934
    Death Day

    Death Day

    Death Day

    5.91934HD

    During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film...

    Death Day