Battleship Potemkin

1925 • 1h 15m • Drama, History, War

100%Rotten Tomatoes

Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Writers

Sergei Tretyakov, Nina Agadzhanova, Sergei Eisenstein

Status

Released