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Sergei Eisenstein

Born 1898-01-23 Riga, Russian Empire 28 films

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.

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Filmography

28 films

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The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein poster

What could have happened – what should have happened – if two giants in film history, like Greta Ga…

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The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

★ 1.5 2023

As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear sign…

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Sergei/Sir Gay

★ 5.5 2017

The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide f…

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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

★ 0.0 2000

A documentary biography of Russia's greatest filmmaker.

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Eisenstein: The Master's House

★ 10.0 1998

The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein poster

Eisenstein is celebrated either as the last Leonardo da Vinci of modernity or attacked as Faustus,…

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The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein

★ 0.0 1998

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy poster

Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become…

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