Battleship Potemkin
1925 · Movie · NR · 75 min · ★ 7.6 · 99% critics
On a Russian battleship, harsh treatment and spoiled rations push sailors toward open rebellion against their superiors. As word spreads to shore, public sympathy swells into a tense confrontation with authorities, turning a shipboard dispute into a wider cry against oppression.
Also known as The Battleship Potemkin · Potemkin · The Armored Cruiser Potemkin
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Details
- Original title
- Броненосец Потёмкин
- Years
- 1925
- Release date
- 1925-12-24
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 99/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (1,296 votes)
- Box office
- $46,653
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an intense, influential silent-era drama about collective resistance and public outrage, similar to Strike or October (Ten Days that Shook the World); Not for you if you dislike propaganda, violence, or slower, episodic storytelling.
Pros: gripping uprising story; powerful crowd scenes; lasting historical impact | Cons: overt propaganda tone; confusing at times; melodrama may distract
Themes
- panic
- baby carriage
- cossack
- slaughter
- massacre
- rage
- sailor
- silent film
- russian revolution (1917)
- revolt
- imperial russia
- insubordination
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Aleksandr Antonov
as Grigory Vakulinchuk
Vladimir Barsky
as Commander Golikov
Grigori Aleksandrov
as Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Ivan Bobrov
as Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
- MG
Mikhail Gomorov
as Militant Sailor
- AL
Aleksandr Levshin
as Petty Officer
- NP
Nina Poltavtseva
as Woman with Pince-nez
- KF
Konstantin Feldman
as Student Agitator
- PR
Prokhorenko
as Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
- AG
A. Glauberman
as Wounded Boy
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein