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Sergei Eisenstein

Date of birth: 1898-01-23

Place of birth: Riga, Russian Empire

Known for: Directing

Also known as: Sergei M. Eisenstein, S. M. Eisenstein, S.M. Eisenstein, S. Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Eizenshtein, Sergueï Mikhaïlovitch Eisenstein, Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Сергей Эйзенштейн, 세르게이 에이젠슈타인, 세르게이 미하일로비치 예이젠시테인, 세르게이 예이젠시테인, 세르게이 미하일로비치 에이젠슈타인, Sergej Michajlovič Ėjzenštejn, Sergej Ėjzenštejn

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

4.5

Our Cinema

1940-07-01

2.5

Glumov's Diary

1923-05-21

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage

The Storming of La Sarraz

1929-01-01

A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema.

TsOKS in Alma-Ata

1974-01-24

In August 1941, two largest Soviet film studios Mosfilm and Lenfilm were evacuated to Alma-Ata, Kaza

An Appeal to the Jews of the World

1941-01-01

In 1941, a group of the Soviet Union's most prominent Jewish writers and artists, including Solomon

The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein

1998-02-22

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

3.4

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

1998-02-12

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

2.4

We're switching to Hollywood

1931-06-09

A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who

3.8

Battleship Potemkin

1925-12-24

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing s

2.4

Sergei/Sir Gay

2017-01-27

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

Island of the Dead

1993-09-15

The Island of the Dead is a film about the demise of the Russian Epocha Modern. The symbol of this c

3.4

Every Day

1929-04-30

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences

Sergei Eisenstein

1958-01-01

Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.

4.3

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

1996-01-01

A free film adaptation of the director's memoirs. In form, this is the "stream of consciousness" tha

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

2000-02-15

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

Eisenstein en México

1984-01-01

Inspired by the social changes that the Revolution brought to our country and the admiration he felt

1.5

Eisenstein in Mexico

1933-10-13

The story of Russian director Sergei M. Eisenstein in Mexico trying to film his unfinished ¡Que Viva

To the Jews of the Whole World!

1941-08-24

On August 24, 1941, a meeting of “representatives of the Jewish people” was convened.

Eisenstein: The Master's House

1998-11-15

A documentary biography of Russia's greatest filmmaker.

0.8

The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

2023-05-28

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

The Magic Beam

1963-11-01

“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from differe

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