Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
BirthdayJanuary 22, 1898 (127 years old)
Place of BirthRiga, Russian Empire
Sergei Eisenstein
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.
Known For
Our Cinema
Glumov's Diary
The Storming of La Sarraz
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
We're switching to Hollywood
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei/Sir Gay
Island of the Dead
Every Day
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Eisenstein en México
Eisenstein in Mexico
To the Jews of the whole world!
Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
¡Qué Viva México!
¡Qué Viva México!
Strike
Strike
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Glumov's Diary
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Sentimental Romance
The General Line
The General Line
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Time in the Sun
Alexander Nevsky
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Death Day
Thunder Over Mexico
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Time in the Sun
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
Strike
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Hurray Mexico!
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
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