Sergei Eisenstein
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 23, 1898
- Died
- February 11, 1948 (aged 50)
- Birthplace
- Riga, Russian Empire
Biography
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (23 January 1898 — 11 February 1948) was a pioneering Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the 'Father of Montage'. 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.
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Filmography
Das Kapital
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Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner
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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
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¡Qué Viva México!
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Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
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Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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Seeds of Freedom
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Time in the Sun
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Alexander Nevsky
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Death Day
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Thunder Over Mexico
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Eisenstein in Mexico
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Hurray Mexico!
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Sentimental Romance
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The Disaster in Oaxaca
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Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
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The General Line
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
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Battleship Potemkin
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Strike
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Glumov's Diary
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