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Staring: Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Ivan Bobrov
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0018111234191
Format: Black & White, DVD, Silent, NTSC
Label: Delta
Manufacturer: Delta
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Delta
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-03-10
Running Time: 66
Studio: Delta
Theatrical Release Date: 1925

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Stylistically, The Battleship Potemkin serves as a revolutionary film, not only in its subject matter, but also in its unique use of montage. As a pioneer who championed a new purpose for cinema, Eisenstein proposed a "kino fist" approach to filmmaking, one in which the film attacks the viewer’s senses with symbolic metaphors, rhythmic editing, and highly-charged melodrama. Includes a rare documentary on Eisentein.

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Sergei Eisenstein's revolutionary sophomore feature has so long stood as a textbook example of montage editing that many have forgotten what an invigoratingly cinematic experience he created. A 20th-anniversary tribute to the 1905 revolution, Eisenstein portrays the revolt in microcosm with a dramatization of the real-life mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin. The story tells a familiar party-line message of the oppressed working class (in this case the enlisted sailors) banding together to overthrow their oppressors (the ship's officers), led by proto-revolutionary Vakulinchuk. When he dies in the shipboard struggle the crew lays his body to rest on the pier, a moody, moving scene where the citizens of Odessa slowly emerge from the fog to pay their respects. As the crowd grows Eisenstein turns the tenor from mourning a fallen comrade to celebrating the collective achievement. The government responds by sending soldiers and ships to deal with the mutinous crew and the supportive townspeople, which climaxes in the justly famous (and often imitated and parodied) Odessa Steps massacre. Eisenstein edits carefully orchestrated motions within the frame to create broad swaths of movement, shots of varying length to build the rhythm, close-ups for perspective and shock effect, and symbolic imagery for commentary, all to create one of the most cinematically exciting sequences in film history. Eisenstein's film is Marxist propaganda to be sure, but the power of this masterpiece lies not in its preaching but its poetry. --Sean Axmaker

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Impressive today, 2009-09-12
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An incredibly well-shot film whose lack of characterization proves an asset not a detriment as Eisenstein creates collective protagonists and antagonists in telling the story of the 1905 Revolution with an eye towards 1917; Battleship Potemkin (the consensus best film ever made until Citizen Kane took the crown) is a film you must watch if interested in film history but a film that should appeal to laymen as well.

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Poor Quality, 2009-09-26
*5 STARS* for the film, but 1 star for the quality of the product. When I opened my package, I immediately thought it was bootleg and not worth $14.95.Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W) is highly recommend if you want an official DVD packaging than A2zcds Studios.

Great film, bad music, 2008-12-04
This was the first silent russian film I'd ever seen, and I like very much! It contains a lot of elements I enjoy in silent films: great acting, descriptive captions, engaging plot. This version even includes the Russian Captions, with the english description below! The only problem I have with this film is the music track on this DVD is much too neutral for Russian Revolutionists. The score does not fit with what is happening in the film. Otherwise, it is fine and a wonderful film!

Great Film, 2008-12-10
Battleship Potemkin is certainly not a movie you watch for enjoyment, but for appreciation of a master filmmaker. Eisenstein's technique is quite impressive. He made his films in the editing rather than the filming. For example, the ship used for filming was tied to a dock, but through clever camera angles and shot selection the ship appears to be at sea. A2ZCDs did a great job in remastering this title as well.

No Hollywood pretty people in this movie..., 2009-01-10
Remembering that the film was both a product and a tool of the Soviet political machine, the hatred of the Tsarists is evident throughout. It takes discontented masses and charismatic leaders to spawn a revolution. The seeds of discontent are graphically illustrated in this classic production. The charismatic leadership is not an issue in this movie, which is not surprising since they were no less evil then the Tsarists.

The story is compellingly portrayed through the rapid transition of action sequences that should please even the short attention spans common in the MTV set. No Hollywood Pretty People in this movie, each is distinctive and right for the role. The grime on the faces, maggots in the food... the polished brass on deck, the bloodshed on the famous steps of Odessa... the story is a visual delight, though it was hard not to smile at the obvious propaganda promoting a classless society.

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