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Battleship Potemkin |
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Rating: NR
Running Time: 1:31:52
Synopsis
The movie revolves around an uprising on board the Battleship Potemkin (Bronenoset Potemkin)
in 1905. Conditions on the ship are unbearable, which in turn incites revolutionary fervor
among the sailors, most notably within the character of Vakulinchik. After the ship's doctor
declares rancid meat safe to eat, the sailors buy provisions at the canteen in a show of
protest. The Admiral then orders all those who ate the borsch made with the meat to step
under the cannons in a show of loyalty. Those who do not are covered under a tarp and ordered
shot. Vakulinchik then implores his shipmates to rise up against those who oppress them,
namely the officers of the ship. All the officers are killed and the ship is liberated.
During the uprising, Vakulinchik dies. His body his placed on the docks in the Odessa harbor
as a symbol of the revolution. The citizens of Odessa rally around his body and join the
Potemkin in their revolt. Cossaks then come, in one of the most famous scenes of the film,
and slaughter the helpless citizens on the steps leading to the harbor, effectively ending
the revolt in Odessa. A fleet of battleships then comes to destroy the Potemkin.
Cast: I. Bobrov, N. Poltavseva, Julia Eisenstein
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein
Writer: Nina Agadzhanova & Sergei M. Eisenstein |
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